Learn from Trees: The Beauty of Horyu-ji and Yakushi-ji by Tsunekazu Nishioka Shogakukan Shogakukan: 9784094058512

**「法隆寺の魂を伝える最後の大工」**
西岡 常一（1908 - 1995）は、法隆寺専属の宮大工。祖父西岡常吉や父西岡楢光も同寺の棟梁であった。幼少期から法隆寺現場に連れて行かれ、祖父の薫陶を受けた。生駒農学校卒業後、大工として独立し、法隆寺修理工事に関わる。戦中期には陸軍衛生軍曹として中国や満州で働き、その間にも法隆寺金堂の解体修理を続ける。
**受賞歴など**
*文化財保存技術者
*文化功労者
*斑鳩町名誉町民
**関連キーワード**
*法隆寺
*宮大工
*法隆寺五重塔
*薬師寺金堂
Q：何をされた方ですか？
A：最後の宮大工として、飛鳥時代から受け継がれていた寺院建築の技術を後世に伝えた。
Q：有名な作品は何ですか？
A：法隆寺五重塔や薬師寺金堂など、その卓抜した力量で日本の文化財を守った。
English Summary
**"The last carpenter who conveys the spirit of Horyuji Temple"**
Tsuneichi Nishioka (1908 - 1995) was a shrine carpenter working exclusively at Horyuji Temple. His grandfather, Tsunekichi Nishioka, and father, Naramitsu Nishioka, were also the leaders of the temple. From an early age, he was taken to the site of Horyuji Temple, where he was trained by his grandfather. After graduating from Ikoma Agricultural College, he became independent as a carpenter and was involved in repair work at Horyuji Temple. During the mid-war period, he worked in China and Manchuria as an army medic sergeant, and during that time he continued to dismantle and repair the main hall of Horyuji Temple.
**Awards, etc.**
*Cultural property preservation engineer
*People of Cultural Merit
*Honorary citizen of Ikaruga Town
**Related keywords**
*Horyuji Temple
*Miya carpenter
*Horyuji Five-storied Pagoda
*Yakushiji Temple Kondo
Q: What did you do?
As the last shrine carpenter, he passed down the temple building techniques inherited from the Asuka period to future generations.
Q: What are your famous works?
He used his outstanding ability to protect Japan's cultural properties, such as the five-storied pagoda of Horyuji Temple and the Kondo Hall of Yakushiji Temple.
Wikipedia:西岡常一