著者

無漏田 芳信 酒井 要

雑誌

福山大学工学部紀要

巻号頁・発行日

vol.26, pp.39-48, 2002-12

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The pavilions called Tuji-Dou, Yotsu-Dou and so on, which have four pillars and no wall, exist actually in Bingo District, but the origin of the outlines has not been made clear yet. Such pavilions widely exist even in Chugoku and Shikoku District except for Bingo District, and have similarities at their outlines and uses. To begin with, we surveyed the actual condition of their geographical areas and the name in each region, in order to grasp the characteristics of their geographical distribution. Then, we investigated the descriptions of common name and form about Dou without wall throughout historical documents of municipalities of Bingo District and so on, and grasped the origin of the outlines and the reason why various pavilions have been called Tuji-Dou. (1) The name called Tuji-Dou is only Chugoku District. Particularly, the pavilions exist densely in most of Bingo and Bitchu District, and in a part of Inaba, Houki, Suou and Nagato District. The pavilions called Cha-Dou only in Shikoku District exist densely in the border with Iyo and Tosa District, and in a part of the west Awa District. (2) The Tuji-Dou is a generic name of the various pavilions by the roadside in Bingo District, because each ancient document at the Edo period has only one name about Tuji-Dou. The some errors of historical documents of part of municipalities are caused by the quotation from the chronicle of Numakuma histories. In our viewpoint, the old style of Tuji-Dou in Bingo District is Yotsu-Dou which has four pillars and no wall.