Nakasendō
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thumb|right|Original ishidatami (stone paving) on the Nakasendō thumb|The Five Routes The , also called the , was one of the centrally administered five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected the de facto capital of Japan at Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto. There were 69 stations (staging-posts) between Edo and Kyoto, crossing through Musashi, Kōzuke, Shinano, Mino and Ōmi provinces. 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 .
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Vinony's link graph records 268 inbound references to Nakasendō, and connects out to Tokyo, Kyoto and Matsuo Bashō.
It is catalogued under topics including Edo-period roads and trails and Stations of the Nakasendō.
Vinony links it to 20 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- street
- Part of
- Edo Five Routes
- Has part
- Kisoji
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Kyoto Prefecture
- Image
- Gokaido Edo Five Routes Map.png
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- terminus location
- Sanjō Ōhashi Bridge
- Commons category
- Nakasendō
- name in kana
- なかせんどう
- transport network
- Edo Five Routes
- topic has template
- Template:Nakasendō
- native label
- 中仙道
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Pre-Nakasendō
- Ritsuryō
- Sengoku period
- Creation of the Nakasendō
- Today
- National Historic Site
- See also
- References
thumb|right|Original ishidatami (stone paving) on the Nakasendō thumb|The Five Routes The , also called the , was one of the centrally administered five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected the de facto capital of Japan at Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto. There were 69 stations (staging-posts) between Edo and Kyoto, crossing through Musashi, Kōzuke, Shinano, Mino and Ōmi provinces. 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 .
Unlike the coastal Tōkaidō, the Nakasendō traveled inland, hence its name, which can be translated as "中 = central; 山 = mountain; 道 = route" (as opposed to the Tōkaidō, which roughly meant "eastern sea route"). Because it was such a well-developed road, many famous persons, including the haiku master Matsuo Bashō, traveled the road. In the late 1830s Hiroshige also walked the Nakasendo, contributing 46 designs to a series of 69 views of the Nakasendo, which was later completed by Keisai Eisen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nakasendō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.