| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In Japanese archaeology, many discussions on the formation of the ancient city have been done enthusiastically. The discussion on the urbanization in Yayoi period, which consider the large-scale moated circular settlements of Yayoi period as urban centers, is typical in this respect. My study takes into account this trend, and definitely analyzes the Asuka ・ Fujiwara Capital and the Nara Capital from the view of the urbanization theory.
After my investigation, I came to think that jobo system (the system of city street plan organized on a rectangular grid after Chinese capital city) is very important for the formation of ritsuryo system (the codified penal and administrative laws) and capital system, but doesn't indicate the formation of the city in ancient Japan, though the formation of the Fujiwara Capital is popularly regarded as the emergence of the first city in ancient Japan.
Subsequently I investigated the distribution of palaces, government offices, residences and settlements in Asuka area. As the result, I made it clear that the formation of city in ancient Japan dated back to the Asuka Capital, which was one stage prior to the Fujiwara Capital, and pointed out to the possibility that it dated back furthermore. And I compared the palaces, jobo systems and the residence forms in the Fujiwara Capital and the Nara Capital. By this comparison, I pointed out that the Fujiwara Capital had immature aspects.
In former studies, they interpreted that the formation of city in ancient Japan coincided with the introduction of jobo system, the formation of capital city. But I made it clear that these two aspects should be distinguished strictly. This point is the most important result in my study.
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