Abstract
There are many guidebooks of Kyoto published during the Edo period. The text and illustration of the guidebooks have attracted the interests of many researchers as a means of capturing historical lifestyles and landscapes. In this research, the author started with construction of a database of the guidebooks in Kyoto. Spatial information and various attributes were added to each record. The spatial distribution of sights and its changes over time were clarified. In particular the guide books that specialized in "nature" and "sight-seeing route" influenced the spatial distribution. Consequently, formation of well-known sights and the conditions for continuing fame were revealed. The above result demonstrates that analyses using GIS are valid also in historical spaces.
