西ノ丸皇居・赤坂仮皇居の改修経緯に見る儀礼空間の形成過程

Abstract

Delving the history of renovation of the Nishinomaru Palace (1869-1873) and the Akasaka Temporary Palace (1873-1889), this paper shows that the characteristics of the ceremonial space were produced to accept the Western-style ceremonies introduced into the court of Japan. In the Nishinomaru Palace, tatami mats were replaced by carpets in 1872 for accepting the reformation of imperial ceremonies to follow the Western courtesy system. In the late period of the Akasaka, the floor carpets were replaced by parquet to adapt for the change of the Queen's costume to the Western-style.