The Forms of the Square in the Feudal Age of Edo

Abstract

This is a study on the forms of the square in the feudal age Edo. Firstiy, the author presents the idea that the square in the feudal age is able to be classified into two types, the one is dominated type square which functions as one of the spatial medium by which the feudal lord side dominates the Gemeinde, and the other is self-contained tyep square which functions as an important spatial medium by which the members of the Gemeinde communicate personally and spirituay each other, and the latter type is able to be classified as three types, nucleus, quasi-nucleus, and local type.
And secondly, tempering above mentioned functional viewpoint with the spatial character of the original space by which squre is mediated, the author presents some sub-types of the square and tries to study some of them. They are as follows:
1. shaji keidai monzen gata the fronts and the precincts of the shrines and the temples
2. kosatsuba gata areas around the notice-board which is set by the feudal lord side to dominate the Genzei nde
3. doro gairo gata street
4. gaikunai chictei gata courtyard place which in surrounded by the street
5. kashiya danchi chu tei gata courtyard place which is surrounded by the houses to let
6. masugata seidamari gata military open square