近代の堺大濱における海浜リゾートの形成過程

Abstract

堺大濱では，明治期半ば以降，堺市や阪堺電気軌道株式会社によって公園地経営が進められた．本研究では堺市会決議録・会議録や行政資料，大阪毎日新聞堺周報等の資料をもとに，堺市大濱公園における管理と経営の変遷と，作り出された海浜リゾート空間の形成過程を明らかにした．具体的には，堺市による官有地を借り受けての料理屋・茶店営業を主とした遊園地経営，内国勧業博覧会を契機とする水族館と西洋式広場の整備，堺市の財源不足や鉄道会社間の競合関係を背景とした阪堺電気軌道の公園経営への参画と公会堂や潮湯などの文化・娯楽施設の整備，市と阪堺電気軌道の考えの相違による契約解消，といった公園地経営の経緯を明らかにし，海浜リゾートとしての空間形成の実態を明らかにした．

In early-modern times, Sakai city and the Hankai Tramway managed Ohama Park. This paper describes the formation process of Ohama park and its built environment by using historical documents as an official record of the municipal assembly and newspaper, maps, photographs and so on. Sakai city borrowed a national land and managed it as an amusement park, and rented the land to make the maintenance and operation cost. Later Sakai city aimed to develop the park with a national industrial exhibition as an opportunity and expanded the park several times. Sakai City had succeeded to collaborate with Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd., that competed with the Nankai Electric Railway, for the park management. and Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. built the park facilities with an agreement on making a park plan with Sakai city. Though the agreement broke down on the ground of differences of management policies, Ohama park furnished the modern resort facilities and was thronged with people.