This is a study on the spaces as a Square in the medieaval settlements which have interesting grounds for the existence of the Squares.
The typical five Settlements such as Ikeda-sho, Hieda, Kaizuka, Imabori and Sakai are studied.
In each settlement, the socio-economic or the spatial reasons why the Squares exist and the process of the formation and the development of the Squares are studied.
