ON THE TOWN PLANNING AND THE BLOCK PATTERN OF SOUTH SENBA AREA : A study on the town planning and formation of Osaka Castle town Part 3

Abstract

In this study, We analized the town planning, the town type and the block size of south Senba area, through the "Mizucho Ezu", old maps in the Edo era and the "MinyuChizu″. The Senba area was divided the north and south. In the south Senba, the inside measurement of the block was 40.5ken from south and north. On the centers, it was 44.5ken. It was 42ken from east and west, 45ken on the centers. It was equal to the north Simanouchi area. The town blocks of the south Senba and the north Simanouchi area were formed in late HIDEYOSI period.