Hagi - A Feudal Capital in Tokugawa Japan

ISBN-13: 9780367728342 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 216 str.

Peter Armstrong

Opis

The western Japanese city of Hagi is the town in Japan which has preserved the greatest level of Tokugawa period (1600-1868) urban and architectural fabric. This book is both an urban and social history of this important town. The book includes a discussion of contemporary arrangements aimed at preserving Hagi’s historical heritage.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 The Genesis of the Mōri family

Chapter 2 The Site and its Setting

Chapter 3 The Precedent of Ōsaka

Chapter 4 The Construction of the Castle

Chapter 5 Reclaiming the Site: the Struggle with Water

Chapter 6 Laying Out the Town

Chapter 7 The Road Systems

Chapter 8 Land Use in Hagi

Chapter 9 The Social Organisation of the Chōshū domain

Chapter 10 The National Regulation of Architecture

Chapter 11 The Regulation of Architecture in the Chōshū domain

Conclusions

O autorze

Peter Armstrong is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at Sydney University