Comparative Studies on Castle Towns in Eurasia

本研究在奈良女子大学地理系前人合作研究的基础上(1979-1995)，从历史地理学的角度对东亚、东南亚、南亚、中亚、西亚和欧洲的城堡进行了研究。我们不仅使用了许多研究论文，还使用了各种地图、航空照片和卫星图像。主要研究内容如下：(1)冲绳岛孤岛城堡的空间布局(2)日本琵琶湖的中世纪晚期围水城堡(3)中国城堡的空间发展(4)吐鲁番盆地和塔里木盆地绿洲历史遗迹的分布(5)东亚和东南亚特别是东喜马拉雅地区的城墙和要塞的位置(6)西亚的网格型城市和希腊化殖民地(7)荷兰城堡的分布及其在当代的变革我们可以在欧亚大陆提供各种不同比例的地图和照片(全色和单色)。我们坚信，这些地图和照片将在未来的城堡城镇比较研究中非常有用。

Based on the former co-operative studies by the staff of department of geograpny in Nara Women's university (1979-1995), this research was made about castle towns in East Asia, South-east Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia and Europe, from a fiewpoint of historical geography. we used not only many research papers but various maps, air-photographs and satellite images. Main subjects of the research are as follows :(1) Spatial arrangement of Castles named Gusuku in Okinawa Island(2) Late-medieval Castles surrounded with water in Lake Biwa, Japan(3) Spatial development of castle towns in China(4) Distribution of historical ruins of oases in Turfan Basin and Tarim Basin(5) Locations of walled cities and fortresses in East Asia and south-east Asia, especially in eastern Himalayas(6) Grid-patterned cities and Hellenistic colonies in west Asia(7) Distribution of castle towns in the Netherlands and their reformation in the presentIn order to examine the above-mentioned subject in comparison with Japanese castle towns, we could offer many various maps and photos (in full-colored and mono-colored) in various scales all over Eurasia. We firmly believe that these maps and photos will be very usuful to comparative studies of castle towns in the future.