古社寺保存会草創期に作成された建造物等級表について  [in Japanese] ON THE GRADE TABLE OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS MADE BY THE COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT SHRINES AND TEMPLES IN ITS EARLY STAGE  [in Japanese]

This paper aims to elucidate two following points, by focusing on the grade table of historic buildings from the Tsumaki collection of AIJ. The first point is to verify that it has been made by Chuta Ito for the Commission for the Preservation of Ancient Shrines and Temples, and is the first grade table by an architect. The second is to clarify the formation process of the building designation system and a role of Ito in it, especially by referring to his architectural investigation during the mid 1890s. As a result, the paper reaffirmed his leading position in the architectural preservation administration which was confirmed by his original evaluation method that set "form" as its key criteria.