TRANSITION OF DISTRIBUTION ON BUILDINGS IN "KAGAI"
A case of three Chaya-gai in Kanazawa from early Showa period to the present
2017 Volume 15 Issue 4 Pages 258-261
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2017 Volume 15 Issue 4 Pages 258-261
Kagai is a Japanese term for traditional entertainment districts. It comprehensively inherits many aspects of traditional Japanese culture. Three Chaya-gai in Kanazawa are significant Kagai, because two districts were designated as the Nation's Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings. This study aims to clarify transition of distribution on buildings in Kagai at the period of 1930, 1956, 1974, and 2016. As one of the conclusions, it was found that the distribution of Chaya in the early Showa era was wider than now. The number of Chaya has decreased drastically from 1956 to 1974 in the Higashi Chaya District and from 1930 to 1956 in the Nishi Chaya District and Kazue-machi Chaya District.
