Abstract
Before the modernization, the cities in China had been planned based on the Jyo-boh system, while most cities in Japan had also been planned based on either this system or the castle town tradition. However, since 17th centuty, in both countries, many cities have developed naturally instead of following these traditions. Asa result, the narrow streets, irregular arrangements, and the crowded houses are seen in these cities. This paper is to study the characteristics of the street space in these cities, by examining two typical examples: Suzhou Yue-Cheng in China developed since Ming Dynasty, and Hiroshima Mitarai in Japan since Edo Period. It is suggested that this type of urban developing might be due to the transportation system in that time, which mainly depended on ships, human and horse powers, instead of carriages.
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