Abstract
The aim of this paper is to make clear the meaning and function of yagura-yashiki (town house with tower) in joukamachi (castle town); the existence of which was clarified in the previous paper. I considered yagura-yashiki at Edo, Sendai and Osaka, and recognized the fact that yagura-yashiki was built and maintained in order to play the role as a landmark for the purpose of creating the dramatic townscape by the dominant of joukamachi. In some cases more dramatic townscape was intended, accompanied by the vista toward tenshu (donjon) in the castle, as I had considered in the other papers. Contents are as follows ; Preface 1. Kado-yashiki (corner town house with tower) at Edo 2. Bashou-no-tsuji (street corner with yagura-yashiki) at Sendai 3. The meaning of Bashou-no-tsuji 4. The meaning of yagura-yashiki 5. Conclusion
