A Study on the Treatment of the Private Road in the First Term of Meiji era

Around the rule that Teinairoji had to be opened in above three kens wide in Tokyo

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to bring the treatment of the private road which was in the public interest to light by deciphering the archives in the first term of Meiji era. The rule of Teinairojji which was set up within the grounds of Daimyo and so on to bring land under development was that it had to be opened in above three kens wide and if it was above three kens wide, it was able to be raised as public road in 1934. In 1940 Teinairoji which was in the public interest could be exempted from taxation. By the description on the archives about these factors, it was found that the rules of the private road’s width lapsed and the concept of the public interest in the rules was confused.