The So-called Strassendorf of the Musasino Upland

Abstract

The German word “Strassendorf” is widely used in Japan. But, is there no difference between the Strassendorf of Japan and that of Württemberg or Poland? Is it not a contradiction to apply a foreign classification of village types to classify Japanese villages, where the historical and social conditions are utterly different?
In this paper the authors main object is to give a definite conception of the term Japanese “Strassendorf” He then shows once more the methods of village classifications on basis of morphology.