Research on "Fumoto" planning in the territory of Satsuma Han

从中世纪后期到江户时代早期--16世纪后半叶，修建了萨摩-汉城最伟大的城堡。它的城市规划是规律性的，在其他地区，萨摩-韩各地都有大量的武士聚居地。江户时代，由整个鹿儿岛县和宫崎县的一部分组成的萨摩的领地，有一百多个特殊城镇，叫做“Fumoto”，“Fumoto”一词的字面意思是“山的边缘”，这是被称为“Tojyo”的行政区域下的武士的主要居住地的名字。“Fumoto”由Buke的房子、公共办公室和前面的开放空间组成。街道的方向是根据两个几何位置确定的。其中一个几何位置可能是古老的城堡山，在那里你可以俯瞰居民区。另一个是，可能是一个重要的地标，如“Fumoto”定居点周围的山脉。我们能够在七个Fumotos中建立这些相似之处--Izumi Fumoto，Chiran Fumoto，Irike Fumoto，Shibushi Fumoto，Kamou Fumoto，Ookuchi Fumoto，Takaoka Fumoto。我们修复了七个Fumotos中的225座房子。因此，布克的船本之家在规划、规模和主干道与街道的关系上都与船本的池木非常相似。会客室两侧都是开放的，以便在离敌人最近的出水、柴本、大口和高冈的船本听到旅行者的讲话。

From the later middle ages to the early Edo era- the latter part of sixteen century, was constructed the castle which was the greatest one in Satsuma-Han. Its city planning was regular on a large scale.In other areas were lots of Buke's(Samurai's)settlement all over Satsuma-Han. The domain of Satsuma which comprised the entire Kagoshima Prefecture and a part of Miyazaki Prefecture during the Edo period, had more than one hundred special Towns called "Fumoto", the word "Fumoto means, literally, " the skirt of a mountain, " was the name given to the main residential settlement of the Samurai under the administration area called "Tojyo". "Fumoto" consists of Buke's houses, the public office and open space in its front.The streets were determined with their direction based on two geometrical places. One of the geometrical places was, perhaps, the old castled mountain where one could look down on the residential area. The other was, probably a significant Land Mark such as mountains surrounding the "Fumoto" settlement. We were able to establish these similarities in seven Fumotos-Izumi Fumoto, Chiran Fumoto, Irike Fumoto, Shibushi Fumoto, Kamou Fumoto, Ookuchi Fumoto, Takaoka Fumoto.We restored exactly 225 houses in seven Fumotos. On the result, Buke's houses of Chiran Fumoto have great resemblance to Iriki Fumoto's in the planning, the scale and the relation of the main route and streets.The drawing room was open on the two sides in order to catch the traveller's speech in Izumi Fumoto, Shibushi Fumoto, Ookuchi Fumoto and Takaoka Fumoto Which are nearest to the area of the enemy.