Tōkaidō (road)

TheTōkaidō(Đông hải đạo,East Sea Road)was a major road in ancient Japan. It was one of five main roads during theEdo period.TherouteconnectedEdo(modern-dayTokyo) andKyotoalong the sea coast of easternHonshū.^[1]

Traveling the Tōkaidō[change|change source]

There were fifty-threeshogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the road which connected Edo and Kyoto.^[1]

Thetypicalmethod of travel was by foot.

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↑^1.0^1.1Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)."Tōkaidō"inJapan Encyclopedia,p. 973.

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Walk the Tōkaidō
PBS,Travel Tōkaidō
Hiroshige,The Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido Road
Kuniyoshi,The Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido Represented as Cats

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[nussbaum973-1] 1.0^1.1Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)."Tōkaidō"inJapan Encyclopedia,p. 973.

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Traveling the Tōkaidō[change|change source]

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