Abstract
There are 276 castle buildings removed from the site of the premodern castle in and after Meiji period. We picked out 70 cases from them except the cases which built at temples, shrines or private estate, and examined the characteristic and the preservative situation. As the result, we should present 5 principles that were needed for preservation of the removed castle buildings.
1, We have to make clear the state of change and the historical and cultural signification of the removed castle buildings by structural examination and excavation of the original building spot.
2, If the removed castle buildings are put back on the site of the original castle, we never destroy the structural castle remains on or under the ground.
3, If the removed castle buildings can not re-remove to the original spot (for some reason), we have to evaluate them correctly as for the historical landscape and cultural utility form.
4, If the removed castle buildings are used as a school institution on daily life, we need not change the present use unreasonably.
5, We have to use the removed castle buildings to make useful city planning at the castle towns.
