Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to clarify a spacial composition of a traditional country by a case study on Makabe town. Makabe is one of typical traditional country towns in North Kanto region. In Makabe, old house ledgers made in the 35th year of Meiji are preserved. Because layout plan, floor plan building material and lot area were described in that house ledgers, we realize urban and architectural space of Makabe town in 1902. Traditional town houses and farm houses were built-up in Makabe that was the dual structure of urban and rural village. In modern age, Various buildings, communal facilities, banks, factories and all that were built in Makabe according as industrialization. The conclusion of this paper is that the feature of spacial composition of Makabe is diversity.

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