CONTENTS Preface to the Second Edition vii Preface to the First Edition ix Second Edition Acknowledgements xiii First Edition Acknowledgements xv Chapter 1 Western Interest in the Japanese City 1 Chapter 2 Areas and Lines: From Written to City Texts 16 Written and Printed Texts 16 Buildings 23 Cities 31 City Maps 42 Times, Patchworks and Linear Spaces 49 Chapter 3 Aspects of Form: Street and Related Scenes 52 Traditional Urban Typologies 53 Streets, Signs and Circulation 67 Streets, Sidewalks and Bridges 77 Heavy and Horizontal, Peripheral but Central 97 Chapter Postscript: The Edo-Tokyo Museum 110 Chapter 4 Strands of Culture 112 Shinto and City Landscapes 112 Buddhism and Built Form 115 Coexistence and Superimposition 118 Text and Town (or Chapter 2 Revisited) 120 City and Country, Public and Private 122 Chapter 5 Learning from the Japanese City 125 Chapter 6 Superblock Synthesis:'Glorious Gokiso' 138 A Typical and Convenient City 139 A Convenient Place in the Typical City 148 Summary 167 Appendix I Japanese Historical Eras 169 Appendix II Glossary of Japanese Terms 170 Bibliography 174 Index 181