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The 69 Stations of the Nakasendō (中山道六十九次, Nakasendō Rokujūkyū-tsugi) are the rest areas along the Nakasendō, which ran from Nihonbashi in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto. [1] [2] The route stretched approximately 534 km (332 mi) and was an alternate trade route to the Tōkaidō. [1]
There were 69 stations (staging-posts) between Edo and Kyoto, crossing through Musashi, Kōzuke, Shinano, Mino and Ōmi provinces. [2] In addition to Tokyo and Kyoto, the Nakasendō runs through the modern-day prefectures of Saitama, Gunma, Nagano, Gifu and Shiga, with a total distance of about 534 km (332 mi). [3]
The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō (木曾街道六十九次, Kisokaidō Rokujūkyū-tsugi) or Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Road, is a series of ukiyo-e works created by Utagawa Hiroshige and Keisai Eisen. There are 71 total prints in the series (one for each of the 69 post stations and Nihonbashi; Nakatsugawa-juku has two prints).
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Stations of the Nakasendo in Nagano Prefecture (25 P) Pages in category "Stations of the Nakasendō" The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total.
Wada-shuku was approximately 49 ri, 24 chō from the starting point of the Nakasendō at Nihonbashi, or about 195 kilometers. Per an 1843 guidebook issued by the Inspector of Highways ( 道中奉行 , Dōchu-būgyō ) , the town had one honjin , two waki-honjin, and 28 hatago , with a total resident population of 522 people.