A Life-historical Study on Goten-yama in Shinagawa

Abstract

This study is about the changes of Goten-yama in Shinagawa from the viewpoint of the life history. Goten-yama was constructed on a seaside lawn hill with a fine prospect by Tokugawa Ietsuna and Yoshimune in the mid-seventeenth to the mid-eighteenth century as a “planed public openspace” for the people of Edo placing it at the service of their recreations in spring and autumn seasons. It is evident that this place was widely known as a noted place of Edo from various Ukiyoe described noted places. This study confirmed that its changes in natural conditions from various albums of noted places and maps. The concrete changes were destruction caused by soil supply for constructing Daiba, land supply for railroad and housing site, and city development.