竹林寺本堂の明治修理

摘要

明治30年（1897)に古社寺保存法が制定し，古社寺建造物の修理が開始された。初期における修理は部材の取り替えなどによって痕跡が失われ竣工後の遺構調査は当初形式の復原が困難になっている問題点が指摘されている。大正12年（1923)の関東大震災では，建造物の台帳が全部焼失し，実測図は大部分が焼失したことにより，古社寺建造物の修理の研究には史料上の制約もある。%The approaches taken to restore Chikurin-ji Main Hall during the Meiji era and the details of the project were elucidated through a study of"Chikurin-ji Preservation Society's Documents" with reference to other supporting evidence. The "renovation plans" called for the proactive preservation of old materials, and if they could not be reused, then they should be replaced with new materials that adhered strictly to the original format. Although the relocation and reconstruction of the Chikurin-ji Main Hall is not mentioned in the supplements to "The Index of National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties".