@article{oai:minpaku.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004569,
 author = {杉本, 尚次 and Sugimoto, Hisatsugu},
 issue = {1},
 journal = {国立民族学博物館研究報告, Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology},
 month = {Jul},
 note = {Rural houses of Japan have been studied by scholars from a
wide range of disciplines included ethnology, geography and
various related fields. From ethnological and geographical
perspectives, the rural house is an important key to settlement
structure. The typical characteristics of the roof and floor plan
of rural houses differ among regions, and reflect specific aspects
of the local physical-socio-cultural environment, as well as the
dynamic change of life in a rural and mountainous area.
The Shiiba and Mera Region is situated deep in the mountains
of Kyushu (Fig. 1). Shiiba and Higashi Mera village is
located in an area of steep slopes and valleys with so little level
land that houses seem to cling to the slope and are supported by
stone wall embankments, and Nishi Mera village is located on a
small river terrace.
The floor plan is of the house attenuated and consists of
rooms lined in a single row. A typical Shiiba house has 3 main
rooms plus a kitchen (Fig. 3,4). Whereas a Mera house characteristically
consists of 2 principal rooms and a kitchen (Fig.
5,8,9). All the rooms are arranged in a row and are divided by
sliding partitions that can be removed to create a single large
room. Kagura, the sacred masked dance, is traditionally held
in the large room, locally known as dei.
Method :
1) The region selected for fieldwork is in the mountainous
hinterland of Kyushu (Shiiba and Mera Region) ;
2) The object of the field research was the study of rural houses
in a mountain agricultural village;
3) The most commonly occuring house types in the area were
chosen rather than the old and atypical forms;
4) In addition, lifestyles were analyzed by means of interviews.
Division of the report:
1. Introduction
2. General condition of Shiiba and Mera Region
3. The roof
4. The house plan (Interior of main house)
(1) Shiiba (2) Mera (3) Neighboring Region
(4) Comparative study of house plan
5. Attached buildings
6. Conclusion},
 pages = {79--116},
 title = {九州山地の民家 : 椎葉・米良地域を中心に},
 volume = {4},
 year = {1979},
 yomi = {スギモト, ヒサツグ}
}