The Nakasendō (中山道, Central Mountain Route), also called the Kisokaidō (木曾街道), was one of the five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected...
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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...
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Ōta-juku Nakasendō Museum (太田宿中山道会館, Ōta-juku Nakasendō Kaikan) is a museum dedicated to the history and culture of the Nakasendō's Ōta-juku and is located...
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The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō (category Stations of the Nakasendō)
name for the Kisokaidō is "Nakasendō" so the series is sometimes referred to as the Sixty-nine Stations of the Nakasendō. It is a follow-up to Hiroshige's...
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Once it reached Kusatsu-juku, it shared its route with the Nakasendō. Nakasendō The Nakasendō (also often called the Kisokaidō) had 69 stations and ran...
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marched along the Tōkaidō, while his son Hidetada went along through Nakasendō with 38,000 soldiers (a battle against Sanada Masayuki in Shinano Province...
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Magome-juku (category Stations of the Nakasendō)
(馬籠宿, Magome-juku) was the forty-third of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It is located in former...
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Sekigahara Campaign (section Nakasendō campaign)
consisted of a struggle to control key castles on the Tōkaidō and the Nakasendō, the main roads linking Edo and the capital of Kyoto. However, battles...
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stations were developed along the Tōkaidō (followed by stations on the Nakasendō and other routes). In 1601, the first of the Tōkaidō's fifty-three stations...
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Akasaka-juku) was the fifty-sixth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It is located in former...
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show in the very far left distance. Nakasendō Mitake-juku - Fushimi-juku - Ōta-juku Uwa Kaidō (connects the Nakasendō with Nagoya Castle) Fushimi-juku (starting...
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stations. Another name for this extension was Kyōkaidō (京街道). The inland Nakasendō also started at Nihonbashi, and converged with the Tōkaidō at Kusatsu-juku...
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known as East Rift Valley, the Longitudinal Valley or as the Nakasendō Plain (中仙道平野, Nakasendō Heiya) during the era of Japanese rule, is a long and narrow...
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Edo (modern-day Tokyo). Unlike the inland and less heavily travelled Nakasendō, the Tōkaidō travelled along the sea coast of eastern Honshū, hence the...
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(野尻宿, Nojiri-juku) was the fortieth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the eighth of eleven stations on the Kisoji. It is located...
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Nihonbashi (category Stations of the Nakasendō)
famous during the 17th century, when it was the eastern terminus of the Nakasendō and the Tōkaidō, roads which ran between Edo and Kyoto. During this time...
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1600, Masanobu joined Tokugawa Hidetada's army for the march along the Nakasendō. En route, however, Hidetada attacked Sanada Masayuki at Ueda Castle against...
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Yatsugatake can be seen from trains. The Chūō West Line parallels the old Nakasendō highway (famous for the preserved post towns of Tsumago-juku and Magome-juku)...
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period, the area that became Urawa flourished as a posting station of the Nakasendō, a highway connecting Edo (modern-day Tokyo) and Kyoto. But it was not...
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During the Edo Period, Moriyama-juku prospered as a post station on the Nakasendō) highway connecting Kyoto with the eastern provinces and Edo. The area...
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reference the historic roads that run through Omiya, including the famous Nakasendō, which runs to the Hikawa Shrine, right near Nack5 Stadium. The team were...
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Jirochō dominated the port of Shimizu and two main routes; Tōkaidō and Nakasendō, which connected the two former capitals, Kyoto and Edo. He had henchmen...
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a town in the Akaiwa District, Okayama Akasaka-juku (Nakasendō), a post town on the Nakasendō Akasaka-juku (Tōkaidō), a post town on the Tōkaidō A district...
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building or transport levies, and moratoria, and forced all travelers on the Nakasendō highway to stop in the town overnight for lodging, thus bringing business...
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Nishiyatsushiro District (西八代郡) Nakasendō – connecting Edo with Kyoto Kōshū Kaidō – connecting Edo with Shimosuwa on the Nakasendo Kōfu Domain The name of "Tenshō-Jingo...
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Japan's unification as both an important shukuba along the Edo period Nakasendō and, later, as one of Japan's fashion centers. It has been designated...
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Tsumago-juku (category Stations of the Nakasendō)
Tsumago-juku) was the forty-second of the sixty-nine post towns on the Nakasendō. It is located in Nagiso, Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It...
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took place in the town Sekigahara-juku, a historical rest area of the Nakasendō, located in the town Film Sekigahara (film), a Japanese film This disambiguation...
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family. Hidetada came across the castle as he marched his army along the Nakasendō (central mountain road) from Edo to rendezvous with his father's forces...
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proximity of Ōmi to the capital at Heian-kyō, its location on the Tōkaidō and Nakasendō highways connecting the capital with the provinces of eastern Japan, and...
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