Abstract
This paper seeks to clarify the formative process of the strip-shaped allotment of land around Kichijoji station which has been built in the middle of 17th century as Shinden settlement. Three villages around Kichijoji station had been established by the emigration with the urban renewal of Edo after the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657 and planned with the similar strip-shapde allotment of land such as the dwelling lot of shallow depth (8ken) et al. But there are regional differences in detail, for example, Kichijouji village has been divided into two districts which were called Honjuku (original residental area) and Noden (only for cultivated area). By the growth of new inhabitants, the frontage of strip-shaped allotment of land had been divided in half, and redeveloped the fields for housing.
