The Formation of Shinmichi and Alley in Furu-machi Kagai, Niigata City: Using maps created in the early Edo period to middle Showa period as the basic data

Historic streets are precious historic properties in common with a historic building. Historic streets and many buildings remain in Furu-machi Kagai, Niigata City. To date, no study has clarified the history regarding formation of Shinmichi and alley. This study attempts accurately to clarify the unknown history regarding these streets focusing on early Edo period on middle Showa periods based on old maps and literature review. Major results are as fillows. (1) Regarding formation of Shinmichi, 8 bancho side of Higashi-shinmichi was formed late Edo period, other shinmichi were formed middle to late Meiji period. (2) Regarding formation of alleys, Rokken-koji and Shonenji-koji are historic alleys. Rokken-koji were formed early to late Edo period, Shonenji-koji was formed late Meiji period.