The Developing Process to “Engeiron” by Dr. Fukuba and its Character as Landscape Architecture

Abstract

Landscape Architecture in our country begins to be formed in “The Age of Tokyo Town Planning”(1884-1903). In these days, as the policy of modernization and urbanization is adopted, the municipal parks are looked upon to be needed as one of the necessary city facilities. The municipal parks are concerned with the gardens in form, matter and history. So the Landscape Architecture which makes the municipal parks and the gardens object developes in the field of Horticulture which contains the section of gardening. At the first, the traditional gardens of our country is treated as the field of the Horticulture by Dr. Yokoi. Next, the necessity of forming modern Landscape Architecture is maintained by Dr. Fukuba in his work “On the Area of Horticulture.” Then the principles of Landscape Architecture is dealed with, and the necessity of reasonable planning, designing and constructing is refered to by Dr. Fukuba in the transcript of his lectures “Engeiron (On Horticulture)”. But as it is treated of the part of Horticulture, it is not formulated complete system of Landscape Architecture.