May 16 2015 Observation Trip #1 Handout （Reform ）
Gifu Park Three-Storied Pagoda Maintenance & Restoration Construction
Construction Period ：October 2014 – February 2017 (Planned) Work Summary：As part of the Gifu Park Maintenance and Restoration Project, the deteriorated three-storied pagoda, a registered tangible cultural property, will be deconstructed leaving only the original pillars and beams. (As indicated in the image on the back
page in red) A survey will then be conducted to determine what parts need restoration. Pending the results of the survey, salvageable materials will be reused to restore the pagoda. (There is a possibility that pending the outcome of the survey, column and beam restoration may also take place) Three-Storied Pagoda Summary
The construction of the three-storied pagoda in Gifu Park was planned in order to celebrate the ascension to the throne of the Taisho
Period emperor. Gifu City collected citizen donations, and the pagoda
th was constructed on November 21, 1917. (The 6 year of the Taisho
Period) Gifu Park Mid-Taisho Period The idea for the Three-Storied Pagoda came from Chuta Ito who is (From “100 years of Gifu City”) credited with being the founder of Japanese Historical Architecture.
Ito also designed the Meiji-jingu Shrine. It is said that the location of the shrine was decided by Gyokudo Kawai, a Japanese artist who graduated from an elementary school in Gifu City.
The pagoda is approximately 22m high and each floor is
2 approximately 5.4m . The center pillar of the pagoda is suspended by chains, unattached to the foundation, known as a “Suspended Type
Structure.” This characteristic is native to pagodas from the late Edo and Meiji Periods. It is assumed that the materials used for this
th pagoda were taken from the Nagara Bridge in 1916. (The 5 year of Picture of the completed three-storied pagoda of that time the Taisho Period) (From “Photographic images of Meiji, Taisho, & Showa in Gifu”) The present day pagoda has had a few small-scale repairs; however the building as a whole has never undergone a full-scale reconstruction since it was built.
In 2011, the three-storied pagoda was registered as a tangible cultural property.
Present day pagoda (Photo by Yoshinobu Mochizuki) Three-storied pagoda Chuta Ito Design Diagram th Year of Construction 1917 (6 year of the Taisho Period) (Blueprint cross-section) About the Japanese name for Pagoda Location of Construction Base of Mt. Kinka (Within Gifu Park) The word Toba ( 塔婆 , Japanese for Pagoda), Three rooms within a three-storied pagoda, tiled
Structure Layout roofing on the first floor, and multi-layered single tile comes from the Indian word “Stupa”. Stupa is the roofing on the floors above. building above where the ashes for Buddha are Construction Method Wooden Turret Style, Suspended Central Pillar Design buried. This was told to the Chinese by the Contact information about the pagoda construction work Indians 、who then translated it phonetically as 卒 Ordered by History City Development Division, Urban Building Department,Gifu City Designer Chuta Ito 都婆 (pronounced in Japanese “Sotoba”) then History City Development Division, Urban Building Project Leader The Japanese Association for Conservation of Architectural Monuments Cultural property designation Registered Tangible Cultural Property (2011) to 卒塔婆 . In Japan it was used as 塔 (“to”) Department,Gifu City 2 Structure Total height 22m, Diameter 5.4 m 18 Imazawa-cho, Gifu City,500-8701 Plan Supervisor Ito Heizaemon Architecture Office Co., Ltd. and 塔婆 (“Toba”). － － － － TEL 058 214 4596 / FAX 058 262 0512 Owner Gifu City Constructed by Nakashima Engineering Contracting Co., Ltd.
The use of old materials from Nagara Bridge
It’s believed that the materials used to create the three-storied pagoda in Gifu Park used materials from the Nagara th Bridge hanging in 1916 (5 year of the Taisho Period). The truss part of the bridge has been painted white.
Pagoda Finial Legend
Parts to remain
Parts to be removed
Central Pillar Sagichoubashira
（Surrounding Pillars ）
Hanegi
Temporary Brace Exposed Rafter th th The wooden Nagara Bridge used from 1901(34 year of the Meiji Period) to 1916 (5 year of the Taisho Period)
（『 Chronicles of Omiya-cho 1-chome 』） Auxiliary Rafter Restoration & Maintenance Summary
◆Pagoda Finial ◆Mud wall
Existing material maintenance, reinstallation Bamboo lathing change Load Bearing Beam Wall plaster painting
End Rafter ◆Second and Third Floor Roof Tiles
Round Purlin Roof repair （Existing tile use ） ◆First floor inside
Removal of existing paintwork, reapplication
◆First Floor Roof Tiles
Roof repair ◆ Ａ. Hanging Eaves, Damaged Tiles Door, Lattice Windows Picture A Picture B （Existing tile use, part supplementary tile Maintenance, reinstallation, erection use ） Removal of existing paintwork, reapplication
Shitenbashira ◆Frame, Outside Shaft Section, Eave ◆Eaves Metal Fittings ・Wind chimes Side Column （Supporting Pillars ） cosmetics Maintenance, reinstallation Maintenance, reinstallation and erection Reconstruction from new materials for areas
Removal of existing paintwork, reapplication with shortage
Ｂ. Bend where the eaves join ◆Structure Reinforcement ◆Dirt Floor
Removal of the eaves’ temporary braces and New concrete formwork
hanegi supported by the original framework