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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]
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).
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]
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.
Ageo-shuku became formalized as a post station on the Nakasendō under the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603. [1] Per an 1843 guidebook issued by the Inspector of Highways ( 道中奉行 , Dōchu-būgyō ) , the town stretched for about 1.1 kilometers along the highway, with a population of 793 (372 men, 421 women), and boasted one honjin , three waki ...
Keisai Eisen's print of Honjō-shuku, part of the Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series. Honjō-shuku (本庄宿, Honjō-shuku) was the tenth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto during the Edo period. It was the largest of the stations in terms of population and number of buildings.
Station of the Nakasendō Keisai Eisen 's print of Ōmiya-shuku, part of the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō Coordinates: 35°54′31.5″N 139°37′34.4″E / 35.908750°N 139.626222°E / 35.908750; 139.
Keisai Eisen's print of Okegaa-shuku, part of the Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series. Okegawa-shuku (桶川宿, Okegawa-shuku) was the sixth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto during the Edo period. It was located in the present-day city of Okegawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.