Book contents
- Reading Medieval Ruins
- Reading Medieval Ruins
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Prologue
- 1 A Provincial Palace City as an Urban Space
- 2 The Material Culture of Urban Life
- 3 Late Medieval Warlords and the Agglomeration of Power
- 4 The Material Foundations of Faith
- 5 Culture and Sociability in the Provinces
- 6 Urban Destruction in Late Medieval Japan
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - A Provincial Palace City as an Urban Space
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2022
- Reading Medieval Ruins
- Reading Medieval Ruins
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Prologue
- 1 A Provincial Palace City as an Urban Space
- 2 The Material Culture of Urban Life
- 3 Late Medieval Warlords and the Agglomeration of Power
- 4 The Material Foundations of Faith
- 5 Culture and Sociability in the Provinces
- 6 Urban Destruction in Late Medieval Japan
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the layout of the city, its neighborhoods, its interior and exterior, and its relationship to the natural environment that framed and constrained its growth. The chapter also provides an overview of the layout of the Asakura palace, the key neighborhoods, the doctor's residence, and the active neighborhoods found outside the city gates that help us to understand the larger hybrid function of the city.
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- Reading Medieval RuinsUrban Life and Destruction in Sixteenth-Century Japan, pp. 27 - 61Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022