FUNDAMENTAL STUDY ON THE PROCESS OF CHANGE OF THE WESTERN STYLE FURNITURE IN THE MODERN AGES

从江户末期到明治初期，日本各地都有许多西方建筑。当时的家具一定是从欧洲或中国（例如香港和上海）进口的，但这些家具也逐渐在日本生产。本研究旨在了解日本西式家具制作工艺的变迁过程。我们给出了1908年建造的三井港仓大楼的轮廓。其次，我们从70多件家具中归纳出了4张重要的桌子，并通过对顶板和桌腿的结构及连接方式的叙述，重点描述了制作工艺的特点。我们指出，工匠不能完全了解家具的结构和木材的性质，这些家具在设计和技术上都具有重要的历史地位。位于柳川市的立花故居“OHANA”以前是由许多建筑物组成的。它建于1912年，采用了日本和西方的风格。我们明确了这个西式建筑的建造过程和特点。接下来，我们将家具分为四组，并进一步特别描述了材料，设计和生产技术的关系。位于大川市的纪机塾办公室建于1906年。我们在那里发现了两个有趣的家具，一个长方形的桌子和一个角落的架子，装饰图案的元素在设计上类似于长崎格洛弗花园的椭圆形桌子和侧板。我们已经得出结论，前两件家具是在长崎生产的，大川和长崎之间有密切的关系。

A number of western architectures were built in various places including the settlements in Japan through the end of Edo into the early Meiji period. The furnitures of the day must have been imported from Europe or China, for example Hong Kong and Shanghai, but those have gradually been producted even in Japan. The aim of this study is to make clear the process of change of the production technique of the western style furniture in Japan.We have given an outline of the building of Mitsui Minato Kurabu built in 1908. Next, we have educed four important tables from among 70 furnitures or more, and mainly described the character of production technique by remarking the structure of top board and legs and the way of jointing them. We have pointed out that the workman could not fully understand the structure of furniture and the properties of wood, and that those furnitures hold an important historical position both in design and in technique.OHANA,the old mansion of TACHIBANA,which stands at Yanagawa-shi, formerly consisted of many buildings. It was constructed with Japanese and Western styles in 1912. We have made clear the process of construction and the characteristics of this western style building. Next, we have classified the furnitures into four groups, and further have especially described the relation of material, design and techniques of production.The office of Seiriki-Shuzo, which stands at Okawa-shi, was constructed in 1906. We have discovered two interesting furnitures there, a rectangular table and a corner shelf, and the elements of decorative motifs resemble in design those of the elliptical table and the side-board in the Glover Garden in Nagasaki. We have concluded that the former two furnitures were producted in nagasaki and that there was the close relation between Okawa and Nagasaki.