A STUDY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS IN THE FORMATION OF THE OLD LODGING TOWN OF HIRAKATA:AND THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS OF THETOWN HOUSES FROM THE EDO PERIOD (PART 2) : The original structure of the above town houses and the formation of the land

Abstract

Concerning the town houses in the lodging town of Hirakata on the Kyokaido Road. 1) A study of the origianl structure of the above town houses in the Edo period from excavations and historical land documents. 2) An investigation of the great effect on the construction of these houses caused by the characteristics of and changes in the land formation. According to the above it was possible to descern how the structive of these houses in the latter half of the Edo derived from their construction in the first half of the Edo.