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SUB-SERIES Identifier: DES, 2011, 0012, 014379275, A000, A001

Bunkyo Academic Cultural District -- 本郷文教地区計画, 1946

Dates

  • Creation: 1946

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

1 folders
1 rolls

General note

A master plan for a cultural and educational area around Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo, part of the post-World War II recovery. Envisioned as a special district within Tokyo in addition to the three existing zoning categories at the time: residential, industrial, and commercial. It also relates to surrounding areas such as Ueno Park, Korakuen, and Ochanomizu. Not built.

Geographic Location

Japan: Tōkyō (prefecture) : Bunkyō (neighborhood) 日本:東京都:文京区

Subject (AAT Terms)

master plans (orthographic projections)

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Frances Loeb Library Repository

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