<Articles>The Spatial Structure of the Sato-Dairi (里内裏) in the Middle and Late Heian Period

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  • <論説>平安時代中後期の里内裏空間
  • 平安時代中後期の里内裏空間
  • ヘイアン ジダイ チュウコウキ ノ サトダイリ クウカン

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The sato-dairi first appeared during the mid-Heian period when the Heiankyu- dairi (originally the residence of the emperor) burned down and it became a temporary imperial residence in Heiankyo (sato 里). Thereafter, the sato-dairi gradually came to replace the Heiankyu-dairi. Previous studies have pointed out that in regard to the spatial-structure of the sato-dairi there existed a residential area called the jinchu (陣中) that extended out for a distance of three cho (町) in each direction, patterned on the Heiankyu. These findings are an important factor in considering the character and significance of the sato-dairi. However, I believe there has been insufficient consideration given to the formation and changes in the jinchu, and thus I have carried out a re-examination of the jinchu in this study and arrived at the following conclusions. I believe there were two jinchu in the sato- dairi. One jinchu assumed the character of the jinchu in the Heiankyu-dairi, with gate of the residence serving as its border. The second jinchu extended outward 3-cho every direction from the residence. The latter was formed at an end in the eleventh century. I have concluded that its formation was a turning point in the development of the character of the sato-dairi, and it can be judged a part of a series of changes in the imperial palace system instituted from the time of the Emperor Shirakawa.

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  • 史林

    史林 88 (4), 546-575, 2005-07-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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