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This study clarifies the establishment and development of departmental store buildings in modern Japan through a case study of the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store Building. This article is the second draft of the study that analyzes the changes in the building plan before and after the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923. Changes in the building plan in the post-earthquake renovation process are compared by focusing on profitability. The article reevaluates the role of Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store Building’s renovation, completed in 1927, during the initial establishment stage of departmental stores in pre-war Japan |
