Index Original Articles A Study of Urban Community Schools during the German New Education Movement, Focusing on B. Otto’s Educational Concepts Yukako NAITO 2‐13 The Eye-Opening Ceremony of the Great Bronze Buddha at Todaiji Temple and Its Political Significance Towao SAKAEHARA 14‐27 John Barth and Baltimore: Urbanism and Localism in His Metafictions Yukio TAKESHITA 28‐38 The Structure of the Uwani Ship Group of the 19th Century Mitajiri Area of Suou Country Souichi YAMASHITA 39‐55 The Port City, Hangzhou: City Evolution at the Coast of China and the East Asian Sea Area in the 9th-10th Centuries Satoshi YAMAZAKI 56‐71 Note Forms of Urban Intellectual Society: Mainly in Soochow, Yangchow, and Nanking in the Middle of Qing Dynasty Biao WANG 72‐89 Reports TSUNETOU Kyo’s “Cultured Nation”and “Cultured City”after the Second World war Tadahide HIROKAWA 90‐100 Behavioral Characteristics of People of Osaka and the Problem of Bicycles Illegally Parked on the Pavement: A Cross-Regional Comparison Masato ITO Daisuke SAEKI 101‐111 Spatial Structure and Residential Segregation in Modern Osaka Toshio MIZUUCHI 112‐131 Special Articles Research and Perspective of the Lower Strata of Society in Chinese Cities Yingfang CHEN (trans.by Katsumi NAKAO) 132‐139 Shimazaki Toson: Making Home in Modern World Stephen DODD (trans.by Koji SHIBAHARA) 140‐146 Portraiture of the Flourishing City Culture of Su Zhou: “The Portrayal of the Prosperity of Gu Su” Jinmin FAN (trans.by Shigeki IWAI) 147‐176 Principal Historical Sources on Chang-an in the Tang Dynasty Deyong XIN (trans.by Keiji NAKAMURA) 177‐186 Comment on XIN sunobu MATSUMOTO 187‐188 Overseas Report Some Aspects of Tourism in Indonesia KANDA 189‐191 News 192‐216 Editorial 217 Contributors 218