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The Urban History Annual 16

The Urban History Annual 16
Types of the Contemporary City

  • Edited by Toshishi-Kenkyukai (The Urban Historical Society of Japan)
  • Published by Yamakawa Shuppansha, Tokyo, 2009
  • ISBN-10:4634527448
  • ISBN-13:978-4634527447

    Contents

    Special Issue: “Types of the Contemporary City”

  • Investors and Promoters of Early Apartment Houses in New York City: In Comparison with Row Houses and Early High-Rise Office Buildings …… SUZUKI Maho (2)
  • The Influence of Total War on Modern City: The Making of the Civil Defense System in Japanese Modern Cities …… TSUCHITA Hiroshige (21)
  • Stalin’s Reconstruction of Moscow …… IKEDA Yoshiro (36)
  • The Fire Protection Movement in Nihonbashi Wholesale District in the 1950s: A sign of the Modern City …… HATSUDA Kosei (52)
  • The Formation of Early Modern City and the Realization of Modern City in the Historic City of Kyoto …… NAKAGAWA Osamu (71)
  • Introduction …… YOSHIDA Nobuyuki, ITO Takeshi (88)
  • Round Table …… ITO Takeshi, MASUTANI Hideki, SUZUKI Hiroyuki, YOSHIDA Nobuyuki
  • Articles:

  • A Study of Space Structure of Hot Spring Towns in the Edo Period: The Case of Atami …… MATSUDA Noriko (98)
  • Living Space and the Population in the Garden City (Cite-Jardin) of Suresnes:The Suburbs of Paris, 1926-1946 …… NAKANO Takao (121)
  • Book Reviews

  • SAGA Ashita, Kindai Osaka no Toshi Shakaikozo (The Structure of Urban Society in Modern Osaka), Tokyo, 2007 …… YOKOYAMA Yuriko (142)
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    The Urban History Annual 1: Origins of the Joka-Machi (Castle-Town)

  • On the Publication of The Urban History Annual …… The Editors
  • Special Issue: Theme “Origins of the Joka-Machi (Castle-Town)”

  • The Epoch of the Joka-Machi (Castle-Town) in the 16th Century …… KOJIMA Michihiro (3)
  • Keidai and Machi: the Basic Urban Units in Medieval Japan …… ITO Takeshi (23)
  • A Prototype of the Joka-Machi (Castle-Town) …… YOSHIDA Nobuyuki (38)
  • Record of the Discussion …… (48)
  • Articles:

  • A Study of the Spatial Composition of the Ichi-Machi (Market-Town) in the Aizu Basin during the Early Mordern Periond …… ITO Hirohisa (60)
  • Yujo (Licensed Prostitutes) and Baijo (Unlicensed Prostitutes) in the Latter Half of the 17th Century …… TSUKADA Takashi (83)
  • Research Notes:

  • Kishuku (Lodging Houses) and the Trade of Juzu (Beads) in Early Modern Kyoto: A Study of the Documents of the Sumiya Zenzaburo Family …… ISHIHARA Reiko (98)
  • A Daimyo-Type Residence in the Words of its Occupant: An Attempt at Oral History for the Early Modern Period …… MATSUKATA Fuyuko (112)
  • Academic Trends:

  • A Point of View of the Studies on Urban History in the 16th Century: Notes for a Theory of the Jinai-Machi (Temple-Town)…… NIKI Hiroshi (127)
  • Book Reviews:

  • ISHIZUKA Hiromichi, Nihon Kindai Toshiron (A Study of Modern Cities in Japan), Tokyo, 1991. …… KOBAYASHI Shinya (140)
  • Recent Publications:

    Guide of Museums:

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    The Urban History Annual 2: Types of the Joka-Machi (Castle-Town)

    Special Issue: Theme “Types of the Joka-Machi (Castle-Town)”

  • On the Meaning of the Symposium (1)
  • The Spatial Type of the Joka-Machi (Castle-Town) in the 17th Century …… MIYAMOTO Masaaki (3)
  • A Sketch of the Making of the Joka-Machi in Hokuriku Area …… FUKAI Jinzo (16)
  • Cho (Towns) and Nakama (Merchant Guilds) in Later Medieval Sendai …… WATANABE Koichi (26)
  • A Study Of the Zaigo-Machi (Country-Town) Changed from Joka-Machi (Castle-Town) …… IMAI Shuhei (37)
  • Formation and Vista of the “Fumoto Village” …… TAKAHASHI Yasuo (49)
  • Record of the Discussion …… (63)
  • Article:

  • The Formative Process of Machiyashiki (Urban Plots) and Machiya (Town Houses) in the 16th Century …… TAMAI Tetsuo (68)
  • Research Notes:

  • Shobo-Todori (Boss of Fire-Fighting Teams) and Its Functions in Osaka during the First Half of Meiji Period …… IIDA Naoki (86)
  • Academic Trends:

  • The Academic Relation between Japanese Urban History and Samurai Warrior’s Premises in Eraly Modern Period …… FUJIKAWA Masaki (99)
  • Historical Material:

  • The Documents of Yashi (a Kind of Stall Keeper) in Mitsukaido …… YOSHIDA Nobuyuki (113)
  • Book Reviews:

  • NUNOKAWA Hiroshi, Kobe ni okeru Toshi “Kaso Shakai” no Keisei to Kozo (The Making and Structure of the Urban Lower Strata Society in Kobe), Kobe, 1993 …… IMANISHI Hajime (130)
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    Guide of Museums:

    Critical Reviews on the Special Issue No. 1:

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    The Urban History Annual 3: Large “Joka-Machi (Castle-Town)”

    Special Issue: Theme “Large Joka-Machi (Castle-Town)”

  • On the Meaning of the Symposium (1)
  • “Enclosures and Houses” in the Bushi District of Edo …… MIYAZAKI Katsumi (3)
  • Temples in Megalopolis Edo …… ITO Takeshi (13)
  • The Source of Supply of the Employee of the Edo Branch of the Mitsui Exchange House …… NISHIZAKA Yasushi (22)
  • The Urban Economy and People’s Riots in Edo Period …… IWATA Kotaro (32)
  • Types of the Sochial Structure in Edo …… YOSHIDA Nobuyuki (46)
  • The Formative Process of Huge Urban Space during the Early Modern Period …… TAMAI Tetsuo (58)
  • Estate: the Unit of the Development in London …… SUZUKI Hiroyuki (69)
  • Record of the Discussion …… (83)
  • Article:

  • The Formation and Development of Jurakumachi in Early Modern Kyoto …… SUGIMORI Tetsuya (91)
  • Research Notes:

  • Note on the Cho-Sodai (Neighborhood Association System) of Local Cities in Modern Japan …… TAKAOKA Hiroyuki (117)
  • Academic Trends:

  • The Relation between Japanese Urban History and the Commodities Circuration in Edo …… MAGARIDA Hirokazu (133)
  • Historical Material:

  • The Documents of Yashi (a Kind of Stall Keeper) in Mitsukaido …… YOSHIDA Nobuyuki (113)
  • Book Reviews:

  • SASAKI Ginya, Nihon Chusei no Toshi to Ho (Relations of Towns and Laws in the Middle Ages of Japan), Tokyo, 1994: Looking Back on his Achievements …… USAMI Takayuki (143)
  • Recent Publications:

    Guide of Museums:

    Critical Reviews on No. 2:

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    The Urban History Annual 4: Market and Place

    Special Issue: Theme “Market and Place

  • On the Meaning of the Symposium (1)
  • The Relation of the Spatial Composition between Machi (Town) and Ichi (Market) During the 16th and 17th Cunturies …… ITO Hirorisa (3)
  • The Markets in the Country and the Merchants in the Former Half of the Early Modern Period …… SUGIMORI Reiko (17)
  • The Bazaar in Edo and Tokyo …… KOBAYASHI Shinya (32)
  • Record of the Discussion …… (45)
  • Article:

  • On the Transformation Process of the Management Method for the Spatial Composition of Senso-ji Temple in the Middle and the late Edo Period …… MITSUI Wataru (52)
  • Research Notes:

  • The Beginning of Toiya (a Commission Agent) in the Eastern Part of Japan during the Sengoku Period …… ABE Koichi (75)
  • The Formation of Early Modern Nagoya: The Aspects of the Joka-Machi (Castle-town) Removal …… IBARA Shima (91)
  • Academic Trends:

  • The History of Ancient City …… KITAMURA Masaki (117)
  • Book Reviews:

  • ASAO Naohiro, Toshi to Kinsei wo Kangaeru (Thinking the City and Society in the Early Modern Japan), Tokyo, 1995 …… MIYAMOTO Masaaki (126)
  • Recent Publications:

    Guide of Museums:

    Critical Reviews on No. 3:

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    The Urban History Annual 5: Merchant and Township

    Special Issue: Theme “Merchant and Township

  • On the Meaning of the Symposium (1)
  • Absentee Landlords - The Relation to Towns and Villages …… IWABUCHI Reiji (3)
  • Merchant Dozoku (Family Organization) and Cho (Township): A Monographic Study of Konda-ya in Reisen-cho, Kyoto …… SUGIMORI Tetsuya(16)
  • The Machiya (Town House) and Town Shape in the Beginning Meiji Era in Osaka-Senba …… TANI Naoki (32)
  • Article:

  • The Decline of Pagnyoek (Labour as a Legal Obligation) System and the Making of Magyne (the Horse-drawn Carriers Guild) in the 18th Century Seoul …… KIM Don-chul (translated by YOSHIDA Mitsuo) (48)
  • Research Notes:

  • Shuku-towns and Roads in Local Communities of Medieval Eastern Japan: The Formation of Shuku around the Kamakura Kaido …… SAWAI Yuko (69)
  • Character of Doshou-machi Community, Osaka, in the Middle of 17th Century …… WATANABE Sachiko (89)
  • Historical Material:

  • The Commendation of The Dutiful Son by Edo Bakufu: A Case of Akao-ya Seishichi in Kyoto …… HAYASHI Seizo (106)
  • Recent Publications:

    Museum Exhibition Review:

    Critical Reviews on No. 4:

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    The Urban History Annual 6: Religion and City

    Special Issue: Theme “Religion and City”

  • Character of the Temples in Edo through an Analysis of “Gofunai Jisha Biko” …… NITTO Kazuhiko (3)
  • A Study of Syoshi, Syosha (Small Shrine) in Early Modern City under the Religious Policy of Tokugawa Bakufu (Feudal Government) …… INOUE Tomokatsu (19)
  • Character of Edo as seen through Sosobosei (Funeral and Graveyard Systems) …… NISHIKI Koichi (29)
  • Ancient Capitals and Temples …… SATO Makoto (44)
  • The Religious Urban Space on Higashi-yama in Medieval Kyoto …… ITO Takeshi (54)
  • Kouchu (Religious Fraternities) and the World Populace in Edo …… YOSHIDA Nobuyuki (60)
  • Article:

  • ‘No Market Town without a Huizhou Man’: Huizhou Merchants and the Development of Salt Cities …… Wang Zhenzhong (75)
  • Research Notes:

  • The Enigma of Kamakura and its Focal Shrine - the Origins and Significance of a Medieval Urban Archetype …… MORRIS Martin (88)
  • Historical Research on the Oyaku-yashiki (Household for Paying a Duty to Nikko-San) in Nikko Monzen Machi (Temple-Town) …… YAMASAWA Manabu (110)
  • Academic Trends:

  • Why There are Few Studies of Religious Communities in Modern Age? …… IGARASHI Taro (121)
  • Book Reviews

  • HARADA Keiichi, Nihon Kindai Toshishi Kenkyu (A Study on Japanese Urban History in Modern Ages) Kyoto, 1997 …… SAGA Ashita (132)
  • Recent Publications:

    Museum Exhibition Review:

    Critical Reviews on No. 5:

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    The Urban History Annual 7: The Characteristics of the Capital Cities

    Special Issue: Theme “The Characteristics of the Capital Citiesy”

  • The Characteristics of Japanese Ancient Capital Cities …… NITO Atsushi (3)
  • Capital in Japan of the Middle Ages …… TAKAHASHI Yasuo (15)
  • Gofukusho (Purveyor) and Kyoto - A Case of Akita-han …… SUGIMORI Tetsuya (25)
  • Capitals and Cities …… KOBAYASHI Shinya (41)
  • “The Characteristics of the Capital Cities” as expressed in Urban Design …… TAMAI Tetsuo (48)
  • King’s Capital and Emperor’s Capital in Early Modern Korea …… YOSHIDA Mitsuo (61)
  • Article:

  • The Structure Social and the Mobement of the Street Stall Merchants in Edo in the Micchle of the 19th Century: A Case Study on the Kanda-Yanagihara Bankside Street …… YOKOYAMA Yuriko (75)
  • Research Notes:

  • Ther Reconstruction of the Spatial Composition and the Social Strafication of Yawata Keidai-Machi in the Middle Ages …… FUJIMOTO Ayako (100)
  • Traveler’s Inns Serving Women of Hirakata Post Station in Late Early Modern Japan …… YAHISA Kenji (117)
  • Academic Trends:

  • The Trends of the Studies on the Medieval Kamakura …… TAKAHASHI Shin’ichiro (133)
  • Book Reviews

  • YOSHIDA Nobuyuki, Kinsei-Toshi-Shakai no Mibun-Kozo (Social Strafication in Early Modern Japanese Cities), Tokyo, 1998 …… ASAO Naohiro (138)
  • Recent Publications:

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    Critical Reviews on No. 6:

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    The Urban History Annual 8: Segmental Structure of Urban Society

    Special Issue: Theme “Segmental Structure of Urban Society”

  • Articulation and Intefration of Urban Space-Formative Process of Urban Space in Iseyamada …… ITO Hirohisa (2)
  • The Relation between Ichi (Market) and Cho (Township) in Zenko-ji Temple Comain in the Edo Period …… TAWADA Masayasu (14)
  • Space and Society of Jisha-chi (Religious District) in Edo …… KANEYUKI Shinsuke (24)
  • Space and Employee Society in Large Scale Shops …… NISHIZAKA Yasushi (39)
  • Structure of Hinin Groups and their Formal Job in Early Modern Osaka …… TSUKADA Takashi (51)
  • Record of the Discussion …… (67)
  • Article:

  • The Function of Sanmawari and Urban Policies in Edo in the Later Part of the Early Modern Period …… SAKAMOTO Tadahisa (67)
  • Research Notes:

  • The Chinese Cities and Architectures in the 12th Century: A Study of the Picture Scroll asn Qingming Shaghe-tu …… TAKAMURA Masahiko (90)
  • Academic Trends:

  • Urban Revaissance and Urban Governance: Rethinking Urban History of Early Modern Britain …… SAKASHITA Chikashi (109)
  • Book Reviews

  • WANANABE Kouichi, Kinsei Nihon no Toshi to Minsyu (Residents Groups and Rank-Order Consciousness in Early Modern Japanese Towns), Tokyo, 1999 …… AOYAGI Syuichi (121)
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    The Urban History Annual 9: The Traditional Cities in East Asia

    Special Issue: Main Theme “The Traditional Cities in East Asia”

  • On the Meaning of the Symposium
  • “The Characteristics of the Capital Cities”

  • The Spatial Representation of the Characteristics of Traditional Capital Cities in Japan …… MIYAMOTO Masaaki (3)
  • The Vestiges of Pre-modern Cities in Traditional Cities in East Asia …… XU Pingfang (15)
  • Military Government of Early Modern Japan and its Capital Cities …… YOKOTA Fuyuhiko (22)
  • The Urbanization and Changing Structure of Seoul in the Late Choson …… KO Dong hawn (31)
  • The Urban Space Structure of Beijing during the Early Qing …… WU Jianyong (46)
  • On the Formation of the Japanese Ancient Cities …… KITAMURA Masaki (55)
  • “The World Populace”

  • The World Populace in the Multi-cultural sphere: The City and People of Havana …… ITO Takeshi (63)
  • The Changing Functions of the Traditional City: the Case and People of Tianjin …… ZHANG Limin (71)
  • The World Populace in the Late of Early Modern Kyoto: Opening Japan and Traditional City …… SUGIMORI Tetsuya (84)
  • The Livelihood of the People in the Neighborhood of the Busan Wakan during the 17-19th Century …… KIM Dong chul (93)
  • Market Community in Edo …… YOSHIDA Nobuyuki (101)
  • Research Notes:

  • A Sketch of the Study of the Zaikata-Joka-Machi (Country-Castle-Town) …… CHIBA Masaki (113)
  • Book Reviews

  • TAKAMURA Masahiko, Chugoku-Konan no Toshi to Kurashi (The Towns and Lives in Jiangnan, China), Tokyo, 2000 …… YOSHIZAWA Seiichiro (129)
  • Recent Publications:

    Museum Exhibition Review:

    Critical Reviews on No. 7:

    Critical Reviews on No. 8:

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    The Urban History Annual 10: Traditional Cities and Marginality of Social Status

    Special Issue: Traditional Cities and Marginality of Social Status

  • Studies of Urban History and Marginality of Social Status …… TSUKADA Takashi (2)
  • Shrine Outcastes (Inujinin) of Medieval Kyoto …… MIEDA Akiko (11)
  • Youth Apprenticeship at Mitsui Echigoya (a Huge Merchant af Dry-Goods) …… NISHIZAKA Yasushi (23)
  • Performance of Tomikuji (raffles) in Hagi Domain …… YAMASHITA Soichi (33)
  • Society Of Fish Market in Early Modern Osaka …… HARA Naofumi (49)
  • The Group of Merchant Families ‘the Obaseya’ and Their Dealings with Regular Traders Related to the Business of Used Clothes …… IDOTA Fumiko (58)
  • The Lower Stratum of Urban Society in Modern Osaka …… SAGA Ashita (70)
  • Article:

  • Social Structure of Monzen-machi Sakamoto (the Town in front of Enryaku-ji Temple) in the Era of the Separation of Shintonism and Buddhism: 1868-1869 …… YOSHIDA Yuriko (85)
  • Research Notes:

  • Change of the association of personal house guarantors in Early Modern Osaka …… NISHIMURA Kazue (98)
  • Academic Trends:

  • Medieval Cities Rising: a Historiographical Sketch of Medieval Urban Studies in Germany …… CHIBA Toshiyuki (114)
  • Book Reviews

  • SATO Makoto, YOSHIDA Nobuyuki ed., Shin-Taikei-Nihonshi 6 Toshi Shakai Shi (the New Systematic Series of Japanese History 6) …… ITO Takeshi, NITO Atsushi, IWABUCHI Reiji, NAKAGAWA Osamu (126)
  • Recent Publications:

    Guide of Museums:

    Critical Reviews on No. 9:

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    The Urban History Annual 11: Social and Spatial History of Consumptions

    Special Issue: Theme “Social and Spatial History of Consumption”

  • Did They Have Access to Money? : Women and Children in the Urban Society of Medieval Italy …… OOGURO Shunji (2)
  • A Wholesaler at Turning Point : The Case of the Ishiguro House of Kanazawa during the Early Edo Period …… CARRE Guilllaume (14)
  • The Walking through the Streets and the Cafes in the Modern Tokyo …… HATSUDA Toru (28)
  • The System of the Consumption and the Distribution of Lime in Early Modern Edo …… KAWAKATSU Morio (42)
  • Relation between an Early Modern City “Nagasaki” and Three Villages Contiguous to Nagasaki …… TOMORI Maiko (54)
  • Commerce and Space in Late Qing Tianjin …… YOSHIZAWA Seiichiro (64)
  • A Study of Society and Space on Chichibu Pilgrimage …… IWAMOTO Kaoru (73)
  • Articles:

  • A Study of “Memory of Place” on the Palace of Syogun in Medieval Kamakura …… TAKAHASHI Shin'ichiro (89)
  • The East Royal Villa of Ryukyu Kingdom …… TAKAHASHI Yasuo (103)
  • Academic Trends:

  • Urban History of Early Modern Italy: Recent Studies in Venice …… YOKOTE Yoshihiro (123)
  • Book Reviews

  • TSUKADA Takashi, Rekishi no naka no Osaka: Toshi ni Ikita Hitotachi (History of Osaka: People who Lived in the City), Tokyo, 2002 …… ITO Takeshi (133)
  • FUJIKAWA Masaki, Kinsei Buke-syudan to Toshi Kenchiku (City, Architecture and Feudal Clans in the Early Modern Period), Tokyo, 2002 …… KANEYUKI Shinsuke (136)
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    Guide of Museum:

    Critical Reviews on No. 10:

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    The Urban History Annual 12: Segmental Structure of Traditional Cities

    Special Issue: Theme “Segmental Structure of Traditional Cities”

  • Shinto Shrines and their Surroundings in Edo: Concerning their Festival …… TAKENOUCHI Masato (5)
  • Traditional Festival Spaces of Shinto Shrine in Edo-Tokyo …… ITO Hirohisa (19)
  • The Water Supply and Labor of Rural in the Beijing during the 18-20th …… XIONG Yuanbao (33)
  • The Beginning of the Agora as a Public Space in Classical Athens …… SAKURAI Mariko (45)
  • An Introductory Study on the Lower Labor at Deshima …… YOKOYAMA Yoshinori (55)
  • Articles:

  • The Gion’e and Muromachi Bakufu in Sengoku Peiod …… KAWAUCHI Masayoshi (70)
  • The Art Performance at Chief Shrines in Early Modern Kanazawa …… SHIOKAWA Takafumi (85)
  • The Birth of ‘Animal Utopia’: The Regent’'s Park Zoo and the London’s Metropolitan Landscape in the 1830s …… ITO Takashi (107)
  • Book Reviews

  • ITO Takeshi, Toshi no Kukanshi (History of Urban Space), Tokyo, 2003 …… TSUKADA Takashi (126)
  • OISHI Kaichiro, KANAZAWA Fumio (eds), Kindai Nihon Toshishi Kenkyu: Chiho-toshi karano Saikosei (Study of Urban History of Modern Japan : Reconstruction by Provincial Cities), Tokyo …… NOGAWA Yasuharu (132)
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    The Urban History Annual 13: The Ancient Cities in East Asia

    Special Issue: Theme “The Ancient Cities in East Asia”

  • Historical Remark on the Ancient Cities in East Asia …… SATO Makoto (2)
  • Peculiar or Universal?: the Building Structure and the Social Structure of Chang'an (583-904)・ …… SEO Tatsuhiko (9)
  • Variety and Limits of Heijo-kyo …… BABA Hajime (27)
  • The Establishement and Transformation of the Market of Kaegyong: The Political and Economic Aspects …… WOO Seong hoon (36)
  • Capital Site of the Bohai: Tung Ching Cheng …… SAOTOME Masahiro (47)
  • The Social and Spatial Structure of Heian-kyo and its Social Communities …… NISHIYAMA Ryohei (57)
  • Comments …… FUJII Keisuke, KITAMURA Masaki, TAMAI Tetsuo (69)
  • Record of the Discussion (73)
  • Articles:

  • Medieval City and its Margin: the Survey in Kegoshi Area …… OKA Youichiro (76)
  • A Study on Space and Place for Intellects in Early Modern Japan as Seen from the Kangien Academy …… IWAMOTO Kaoru (93)
  • Academic Trends:

  • The Trends of the Studies on Pre-modern City in Korea …… WOO Seong hoon (113)
  • Book Reviews

  • IWATA Koutaro, Kinse Toshi Soujou no Kenkyu: Minshu-undou-shi niokeru Kouzou to Syutai …… YOSHIDA Nobuyuki (130)
  • IWABUCHI Reiji, Edo Bukechi no Kenkyu (The Samurai Districts of Edo), Tokyo, 2004 …… FUJIKAWA Masaki (134)
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    The Urban History Annual 14: Urban Power, Society and Space

    Special Issue: “Urban Power, Society and Spacea”

  • Introduction …… YOSHIDA Nobuyuki, NOGAWA Yasuharu (2)
  • The Existence Structure of Temple Territoty in the Edo Period: The Case of Anzenji-temple in Echigo …… TAKEBE Aiko (5)
  • Regional Imperialism and the “Military Spring” in the Kanazawa Exposition: The Expression of Overseas Ambition in the “Japan Sea Era” …… Jeremy D. PHILLIPPS (18)
  • The Power of the “Military City” and Regional Society: The Transfiguration of City-space in Kanazawa and the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army …… MOTOYASU Hiroshi (32)
  • Early Urban Redevelopment in Postwar Japan: The Social and Spatial Structure of Shinbashi Station West Gate Area Urban Remodeling Project …… HATSUDA Kosei (43)
  • The Allocation Plan of Kanazawa Castle Town in “Enpo-Kanazawa-Zu” (The Map of Kanazawa in 1673-74): Residential Districts of Various Classes …… MASUTA Tatsuo (57)
  • The Allocation Plan of Kanazawa Castle Town in “Enpo-Kanazawa-Zu” (The Map of Kanazawa in 1673-74): Samurai Districts …… KIGOSHI Ryuzo (63)
  • The Bastides: New Towns in the Middle Ages …… ITO Takeshi (75)
  • Articles:

  • A Study of Border Towns and Xen Sect Temples in Medieval Musashi-no-Kuni Japan: With Special Reference to Kawagoe-no-shou …… OCHIAI Yoshiaki (89)
  • The Sumiyoshi Shrine and Edo Society in the Early and Mid-Nineteenth Century …… TAKENOUCHI Masato (110)
  • Academic Trends:

  • Between Town and Village: A Historiographical Essay on Small Towns in Southern France in the Middle Age …… KATO Makoto (132)
  • Book Reviews

  • YOKOYAMA Yuriko, Meiji-ishin to Kinsei Mibunsei no Kaitai (the Meiji Restoration and abolishment of the dstatus system), Tokyo, 2005 …… MATSUYAMA Megumi (147)
  • INOUE Toru, TSUKADA Takashi ed. Higashi Ajia Kinse Toshi ni okeru Syakaiteki Ketsugo (Social Connections of Early Modern Cities in East Asia) …… TAKAMURA Masahiko (153)
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    The Urban History Annual 15: Segmental Structure and Sociability

    Special Issue: “Segmental Structure and Sociability”

  • Introduction …… YOSHIDA Nobuyuki (2)
  • City and the Power of Confucian Ritualas in Late Imperial China …… INOUE Tooru (4)
  • The Associations of Shonai-Samurai on Duty in Edo …… IWABUCHI Reiji (19)
  • What is Charity in English History? …… KONDO Kazuhiko (33)
  • The Imperial Palace and Urban Society in the Early Modern Era: An Examination of the Processions to Naishi-Dokoro …… KISHI Yasuko (42)
  • The Transformation of Urban Fabric in Vietnam in the French Colonial Period …… OTA Shoichi (56)
  • The Modernization of Machi-Mura (Urban Area Looked upon as Village in Law) and Landowners: The Case of Nanba Village, Osaka …… SAGA Ashita (66)
  • Article:

  • Municipal Improvement in Xiamen (Amoy): The Creation of New Urban Space through Street Planning, 1920s and 1930s …… ONDA Shigenao (84)
  • Research Notes

  • Shuku and Social Status in the Feudal Territory of the Gohojo Family …… ENDO Tsutomu (108)
  • Academic Trends:

  • Introduction to the History of Paris and to its Bibliography …… Alain Thillay (125)
  • Book Reviews

  • HASHIMOTO Tetsuya ed., Kindai Nihon no Chihou Tosi, KANAZAWA: Jokamachi kara Kindaitoshi he (A Provincial City in Modern Japan, Kanazawa: From Castle Town to Modern City), Tokyo, 2006 …… SAGA Ashita (145)
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Extra Issues

    The Urban History Extra Issue: CITY ALONG WATER

  • Introduction Space along Water: City and Architecture in History …… ITO Takeshi (1)
  • 1. Pre-modern Megalopolis and Port

  • Edo: As the City along Water …… YOSHIDA Nobuyuki (13)
  • Food Transport Harbor and Provisionment in Beijing : Concerning on Suburb of Beijing in Qing Dynasty …… XIONG Yuanbao (28)
  • Akita-han and the Kinki District in the Early 17th Century: The Function of Kurayado(Rice Dealer) …… SUGIMORI Tetsuya (39)
  • The Trade in Horse and Cattle Hides in Early Modern Osaka …… TSUKADA Takashi (55)
  • 2. Port Town in Variety

  • Dual Meaning of Port Town: Through the Relationship between Village and Agriculture Land of Port Town …… ITO Takeshi (67)
  • The Port town of Tsuruga as Seen from “Sand-bearing Pilgrimaage” …… IWAMOTO Kaoru (76)
  • The “Pleasure Quarters” and Social Structure of the Port of Uraga in Early Modern Japan …… YOSHIDA Yuriko (92)
  • Urban Structure of Medieval Maritime City in Amalfi …… JINNAI Hidenobu (113)
  • 3. Riverside and Lakeside

  • A Change in the Landscape of the Traditional Cities of Lake Biwa Coast: From the Medieval to the Early Modern Ages …… ITO Hirohisa (127)
  • A Port of Joka-Machi (Castle Town): The Case of Koga …… NAGAHARA Takehiko (140)
  • The Transformation of Waterfront Space in Jiangnan of China in the end of Ming and the Early Qing: The Possibility of Urban History Opened by Connecting Civil Engineering History, Architectural History and Social History …… TAKAMURA Masahiko (152)


  • Postscript …… ITO Takeshi and YOSHIDA Nobuyuki (166)

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    The Urban History Extra Issue: EDO AND LONDON

  • Introduction : the two contemporary metropolises……KONDO Kazuhiko (1)
  • 1. Society

  • The Rise of a metropolis and perceptions of London c.1600-1750……SLACK Paul (11)
  • London livery companies in the mid-eighteenth century……SAKAMAKI Kiyoshi (24)
  • The middlemen of Sakura charcoal and Edo merchants……YOSHIDA Nobuyuki (37)
  • Policing in eighteenth-century London……KURITA Kazunori (54)
  • Institutions of urban governance in London in the 1830s……SAKASHITA Chikashi (65)
  • 2. Space

  • Infrastructure-based city Edo……ITO Takeshi (81)
  • The transformation of the samurai residential area in Edo at the accession of Shogun Ienobu……IWAMOTO Kaoru (91)
  • The lifetime of temple buildings in Edo……KANEYUKI Shinsuke (105)
  • Material London in time and space……KEENE Derek (121)
  • Chars and errand boys: unregulated labour and the makinf of eighteenth-century London……HITCHCOCK Tim (139)
  • 3. Representation

  • How was Edo painted?……ASANO Shugo (155)
  • Two Representations concerning scenes of formal visit to the Edo Castle by daimyo and hatamoto: paintings of famous places and historic scenery……IWABUCHI Reiji (165)
  • The representation of festivals in Edo……TAKENOUCHI Masato (190)
  • London and the development of the English book trade c.1690-1820……Kames RAVEN (204)
  • The two bridges of London as drawn by Canaletto……KONDO Kazuhiko (224)


  • Postscript …… ITO Takeshi (241)

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