Several Issues on the Development of Historic Parks in the Old Castle Sites

Abstract

A number of old castle sites established during the medieval period and Edo Era have experienced drastic changes of their spatial composition both in and around the sites since the very beginning of Meiji Era. The inner spaces of the sites occupied chiefly by military and public structures in the early stage of the transformation accompanied by the destructions of historical remnants were converted to those with historical values after the archaeological investigation of the sites. The acquisition of the land by local government was followed by, in most cases, registrating to the designated historical site, moving out of unrelated stuctures, and partial restoring of the remnant that led to the development of the historic park on the site.