Abstract
The aim of this study is to consider positioning of The Scenic Zone before the Second World War in Tokyo historically. In 1919 Hiroshi Ikeda drafted The Town Planning and Zoning Act, referring to a German counterpart. The Scenic Zone had many purposes before the war. At first, The Scenic Zone played some roles of National Monuments Save Act. Secondly Tokutaro Kitamura estimated cooperation between The Scenic Zone and The Tokyo Park System in advance. At the same time he thought that he applies The Scenic Zone to substitution for parks in the future. In this way, apart from an original purpose, The Scenic Zone was used variously, making up for other systems and plans which are similar to the Scenic Zone System. This reason was based on diversity of definition of The Scenic Zone. But this diversity became ambiguity as time passes. And ambiguity of definition of The Scenic Zone is one of many problems nowadays. In the future how to position The Scenic Zone and how to use it are important.
