A comparative study between Japanese and Korean urban space.

该项目是从历史空间的角度对日本及其邻国韩国的城市结构进行比较研究。在日本，被考虑的城市首先是三大大都市中心，京都，大阪和江户，然后是每个地区的城堡城镇。在韩国，我们考虑了首尔和其他一系列重要的设防城镇。就时期而言，研究主要集中在中世纪和近代早期。我们从一系列角度考察了这些城市实体，如聚落的规模、街道和城市街区布局的形式、地块上建筑物的布局、建筑、规划和外观。在东亚的大背景下，通过进行这种具体的比较研究，我们努力阐明两种文化中城市的特征和城市空间的相对特征。这项研究是由两种文化的参与者共同进行的，最后在东北大学举行了一次成果丰硕的研讨会，充分讨论了两种文化中城市空间的本质。我们希望在日本和韩国城市历史比较研究协会的背景下进一步进行研究。

This project was a comparative study of the urban fabric of Japan and its neighbour, Korea, undertaken from a historical spatial standpoint. In Japan, the cities considered were firstly the three great metropolitan centres, Kyoto, Osaka and Edo, and then the castle towns in every region. In Korea we considered Seoul, and a range of other important fortified towns. In terms of period, the study was centred on the mediaeval and early modern eras. We examined these urban entities from a range of standpoints, such as the scale of the settlement, the form of street and urban block layout, the layout of buildings on their plots, their construction, planning and external appearance. By undertaking specific comparative studies of this kind, with the general context of East Asia as a backdrop, we endeavoured to elucidate the character of urban the relative character of urban space in both cultures. The study was a joint one with paticipants from both cultures, and it culminated in a highly productive symposium held at Tohoku University, at which the essence of urban space in the two cultures was discussed fully. We hope to pursue the study furtherin the context of a research society for the comparative urban history of Japan and Korea.