Urban Space Structure Based on Open Space, in Castle Town u22Mitou22 of the Edo era and its Changing Factors in the Meiji era

摘要

Castle town u22Mitou22 in the Edo era consisted of basic open space system. These open spaces had multiple function; urban frame, urban defense and transportation of goods, and there were ones which was of utility for public recreations among these open spaces. But, since the Meiji era, its open space system of the Edo era has been destroyed through modern urban developments; infrastructure improvements and developmints of public institutions and town area, etc. Therefore, these open spaces role that forms castle town in the Edo era had changed certainly, and these open spaces became mere spacl for construction of modern facilities. On the other hand, in the Meiji era, though the public open spaces like u22urban parku22 were invented through reusing the existing open spaces, these open spaces that formed basic urban structure in the Edo era had been become lost.