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THIS PAPER AIMS TO CLARIFY SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF PORT-TOWNS IN SEVENTEEN TO NINETEEN CENTURY JAPAN(KINSEI ERA).BASED ON HISTORICAL RECORDS, TOWN-PLANS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, DECIPHERMENT ANALYSIS IS CONDUCTED FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS; 1) KINSEI PORT-TOWNS ARE CHARACTERIZED IN SPATIAL STRUCTURE AS DESIGNATED THEIR TOWN BOUNDARY BY THE BELT OF TEMPLES & SHRINES AND HAVING GRID STREET PATTERN AND HIERARCHIC LAND-USE PATTERN. 2) SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF KINSEI PORT TOWNS TEND TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO CONFRONTATION PATTEM, HARMONIOUS-DOCKING PATTERN AND SWAT TOWING PATTERN, RESPECTIVELY WHEN ELEMENTS OF CASTLE-TOWN, TEMPLE & SHRINE-TOWN AND STAGE-TOWN ARE INTRODUCED. 3) SOME CHARACTERS ON SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF PORT-TOWNS HAD BEEN INHERITED FROM PRE-KINSEI TO KINSEI ERA AND THEN TO THE MIDDLE OF 19CENTURY.
