2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Location and Building of Hospitals in Tokyo at the Beginning of the 20th Century : The Transition of the City and Architecture from the Aspect of Medical Service and Sanitation
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21760505
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Architectural history/design
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| Research Institution | Nippon Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
KATSUKI Yuji 日本工業大学, 工学部, 准教授 (00508989)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 病院 / 医療 / 明治 / 近代 / 東京 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research examines the location and the architectural style of the hospitals in Tokyo at the beginning of the 20th century with using new historical materials. As for location, the tendency to seek the right environment for patients' treatment and the traffic access are observed. In architectural aspect, the exterior appearance was in the transition form Japanese to European. However, not a few hospitals prepared both Japanese and European patients rooms.
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