The Formation and the Development of the Hiyokechi-Hiroba (the Square mediated by the Open Space for the Fire Prevention) as the Public Spuare in the Feudal Age of Edo-jidai in the City Edo Report (2)

Abstract

In these studies series, the author tries to inquire into the formative and developmental process of the Hiyokechi-Hiroba (the Square mediated by the open space for the fire prevention) of the city Edo as the public Square in the feudal age of Edo in order to know the same process of the Square in the feudal age in Japan.
In this report (2), the latter half age of the Edojidai is dealted with, and the followings are studied.
1. The third stage (from the age Enkyo 4 to the age of the Hôreki)
The populace's overheated recreational uses on the Hiyokechi asks the feudal lord sides to reconsider the original character of it.
And they try to define it as the open space for the fire prevention.
2. The fourth stage (from the age Meiwa to the last days of the shogunate)
Nevertheless, the populace's deep-rooted recreational uses on it puts into disorder their intention by degrees. And then the Hiyokechi is charged with the character of the receational open space again.