216 Pages
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Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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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. As such it is a major tourist destination for both Japanese and non-Japanese visitors. The city is also very important historically in that it was the capital of the feudal daimyo domain – Chōshū – which spearheaded the reform movement from... Read more
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
Biography
Peter Armstrong is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at Sydney University
