蜘映流大工集団について

摘要

横田氏は，東北地方において蜘蛛流と呼ばれる大工集団を形成し， 江戸後期から明治期にかけて活発な建築生産を行った大工棟梁であ る。横田家文書によると，その活動範囲は，彼が在住した三春藩 内はもとより，伊達，標葉，楢葉，岩城平，山形羽黒山に及び，横 田氏が建立または修理した建築の数は，6代186年をかけて，寺院 23寺27棟，神社20社24棟，住宅他20棟，合計71棟に及んでい る。%The carpenter group of the Kumo school were analyzed on following: 1. The name of the Kumo school originates in the master carpenter who is named Hoji called a Kumo teacher in Kyoto. 2. The genealogy of the master carpenters of the Kumo school was made by Mokuzaemon YOKOTA of the six generations, Yasugoro MURAKAMI and Syuzou Syoji YOSHIDA 3. The constituent member of the Kumo school had the scale of 20 carpenters in the Tenpo era, 29 ones in the Kaei era, 38 ones in the late Meiji era, 50 ones in the Taisho era and 24 ones in the late Showa era.