National Park have been established for the purpose of protection and usage of landscape which would be representative of Japan in 1931. The landscape architect who had significant influence on the establishment of national parks and selection was Tamura Tsuyoshi. The purpose of this study was set to clarify landscape of national park which had been identified by Tamura Tsuyoshi in the Taisho period, prior to the establishment of National Parks, and Tamura’s point of view to support his vision. Compared to Tamura’s vision in the Taisho Period, the concept of national parks changed in the 1930’s when National Parks officially established. The characteristics during the Taisho Period can be illustrated as following: 1) great importance was attached to governmental maintenance of natural recreational spaces, 2) quality of landscape was only secondary so that landscape which are representative of Japan would not be important elements for national parks, and 3) a variety of landscapes and activities were taken more seriously, as usable spaces were considered more important than primeval natural landscape.
