DEVELOPMENT OF ‘SEKIUN-BIRAKI’ NEW FIELD AND TSUTSUI HOUSE

This research aims to clarify the construction date and subsequent changes of the Tsutsui House, a nationally registered tangible cultural property established as the residence of the substantial developer of the “Sekiun-biraki”, a newly developed field opened in the Mozuno Plain near Sakai during the Kan’ei era. By integrating the results of renovation trace surveys and radiocarbon dating, it was revealed that this residence represents an archetype of a management office for new land development in the suburbs of Osaka and serves as a case study illustrating the development process into a Shoya residence in the late Edo period.