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Ishiyakushi-juku
was the forty-fourth of the fifty-three stations (''shukuba'') of the Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in former Ise Province in what is now part of the city of Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan. History Ishiyakushi-juku was established in 1616, as part of the Edo period's Tōkaidō. Originally, there had been no post stations between Yokkaichi-juku and Kameyama-juku, so Ishiyakushi-juku was formed with about 180 buildings at its inception.Nippon-Kichi Nippon-Kichi. Accessed October 27, 2007. The Ozawa family managed the '''' in the town and kept many records, which are still available today in a local archives museum. The post station received its name from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōno-juku
was the forty-fifth of the fifty-three stations (''shukuba'') of the Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in former Ise Province in what is now the city of Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan. History Shōno-juku was established in 1624 and was thus the last post station to be established on the Tōkaidō. The reason for its establishment is unclear, but it was built at a pre-existing settlement. The scale of the post station was small, and the number of visitors staying was few, leading the shogunate in 1815 to halve the number of people authorized to man the two official ''honjin''. Per the 1843 guidebook issued by the , the town had a population of 855 with one ''honjin'', one ''wakihonjin'', and 15 ''hatago''. It had one ''Tonyaba'', for the stabling of packhorses and warehousing of goods, and one ''kōsatsu'' for the display of official notifications. It was 400.9 kilometers from Edo. The distance between neighboring Ishiyakushi-juku and Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
53 Stations Of The Tōkaidō
The are the rest areas along the Tōkaidō (road), Tōkaidō, which was a coastal route that ran from Nihonbashi in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto.. There were originally 53 government shukuba, post stations along the Tōkaidō, where travelers had to present traveling permits at each station if wanting to cross. In 1619, the Ōsaka Kaidō (大阪街道) was developed to extend the Tōkaidō so that it would reach Kōraibashi in modern-day Osaka. Instead of going to Sanjō Ōhashi, travelers would leave from Ōtsu-juku and travel towards Fushimi-juku (Tōkaidō), Fushimi-juku. Because of the addition of these four post towns, the Tōkaidō is occasionally referred to as having 57 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. Shio no Michi intersected with the Tōkaidō at Okazaki-shuku. Stations of the Tōkaidō File:NihombashiDat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzuka, Mie
is a city in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 197,977 in 87,680 households and a population density of 1000 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Suzuka is in northeastern Mie Prefecture, in northern Kii Peninsula, bordered by Ise Bay to the east. Parts of the city are within the borders of the Ise-no-Umi Prefectural Natural Park and the Suzuka Quasi-National Park. Climate Suzuka has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Suzuka is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1737 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.7 °C. Demographics The population of Suzuka has more than doubled over the 50-year period 1960-2010. History Suzuka, as a place name, is mentioned in the Nara period chro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokkaichi-juku
was the forty-third of the fifty-three stations (''shukuba'') of the Tōkaidō, which connected Edo with Kyoto in the Edo period of Japan. It was located in the former Ise Province in what is now part of the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan. History Yokkaichi-juku was a post town located at the intersection of the Tōkaidō and the Ise Sangū Kaidō, one of the main highways for pilgrims to the Ise Grand Shrines, and it developed as a market town from the Muromachi period, noted for holding a market on days ending in "four" of each month. The earliest recorded market dates back to 1470. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, Yokkaichi was ''tenryō'' territory under direct control of the Shōgun, and was administered by a ''daikan'' based in the town. It was also possible for travelers to take a ferry from here to Miya-juku, thus bypassing Kuwana-juku. Per the 1843 guidebook issued by the , the town had a population of 7114 in 1811 houses, including two ''honjin'', one ''waki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shukuba
were Stage station, staging post stations during the Edo period in Japan, generally located on one of the Edo Five Routes or one of its sub-routes. They were also called ''shuku-eki'' (宿駅). These stage stations, or "" developed around them, were places where travelers could rest on their journey around the nation. They were created based on policies for the transportation of goods by horseback that were developed during the Nara period, Nara and Heian period, Heian periods. History These stations were first established by Tokugawa Ieyasu shortly after the end of the Battle of Sekigahara. The first stations were developed along the Tōkaidō (road), Tōkaidō (followed by stations on the Nakasendō and other routes). In 1601, the first of the Tōkaidō's 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, fifty-three stations were developed, stretching from Shinagawa-juku in Edo to Ōtsu-juku in Ōmi Province. Not all the post stations were built at the same time, however, as the last one was bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taichō
was a shugendō monk in Nara period Japan. He was raised in Echizen Province, which was in the southern portion of present-day Fukui Prefecture. He was the second son of Mikami Yasuzumi (三神安角). He is said to be the first person to reach the top of Mount Haku in neighboring Kaga Province and other peaks in the Ryōhaku Mountains.Taichō Kashō Denki . Katsuyama Kyōdoshi Kenkyūkai. Accessed November 17, 2010. Opened mountains Taichō is said to be the first to have climbed the following mountains: *Mount Haku
, or Mount Hakusan (commonly referred to as simply Hakusan), is a dormant stratovolcano in Japan. It is located on the borders of Gifu and I ...
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Stations Of The Tōkaidō
Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle station, a cattle-rearing station in Australia or New Zealand **Sheep station, a sheep-rearing station in Australia or New Zealand Communications * Radio communication station, a radio frequency communication station of any kind, including audio, TV, and non-broadcast uses ** Radio broadcasting station, an audio station intended for reception by the general public ** Amateur radio station, a station operating on frequencies allocated for ham or other non-commercial use ** Broadcast relay station ** Ground station (or Earth station), a terrestrial radio station for extraplanetary telecommunication with satellites or spacecraft ** Television station * Courier station, a relay station in a courier system ** Station of the ''cursus publicus'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzuka Mountains
are a mountain range running through Mie Prefecture and along the borders of Gifu and Shiga prefectures in central Japan. The tallest peak in the range is Mount Oike at . In spite of its height, Mount Oike is not the most visited mountain; that distinction belongs to Mount Gozaisho because of its Gozaisho Ropeway, making reaching the peak much easier. Suzuka Quasi-National Park protects a portion of the mountain range from development and has a total area of .Furusato Shiga: Suzuka National Park . Shiga Prefecture. Accessed July 1, 2008. The town of , Mie Prefecture, has many |
Ukiyo-e
is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock printing, woodblock prints and Nikuhitsu-ga, paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; Flora of Japan, flora and Wildlife of Japan#Fauna, fauna; and Shunga, erotica. In 1603, the city of Edo (Tokyo), Edo (Tokyo) became the seat of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate. The class (merchants, craftsmen and workers), positioned at the bottom of Four occupations, the social order, benefited the most from the city's rapid economic growth. They began to indulge in and patronize the entertainment of kabuki theatre, geisha, and oiran, courtesans of the Yūkaku, pleasure districts. The term ('floating world') came to describe this hedonistic lifestyle. Printed or painted ukiyo-e works were popular with the class, who had become wealthy enough to afford to decorate their homes wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utagawa Hiroshige
or , born Andō Tokutarō (; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ''ukiyo-e'' artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format landscape series '' The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō'' and for his vertical-format landscape series '' One Hundred Famous Views of Edo''. The subjects of his work were atypical of the ''ukiyo-e'' genre, whose typical focus was on beautiful women, popular actors, and other scenes of the urban pleasure districts of Japan's Edo period (1603–1868). The popular series '' Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji'' by Hokusai was a strong influence on Hiroshige's choice of subject, though Hiroshige's approach was more poetic and ambient than Hokusai's bolder, more formal prints. Subtle use of color was essential in Hiroshige's prints, often printed with multiple impressions in the same area and with extensive use of '' bokashi'' (color gradation), both of which were rather labor-intensive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waka (poetry)
is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature. Although ''waka'' in modern Japanese is written as , in the past it was also written as (see Wa (Japan), Wa, an old name for Japan), and a variant name is . Etymology The word ''waka'' has two different but related meanings: the original meaning was "poetry in Japanese" and encompassed several genres such as ''chōka'' and ''sedōka'' (discussed below); the later, more common definition refers to poetry in a tanka, 5-7-5-7-7 metre. Up to and during the compilation of the in the eighth century, the word ''waka'' was a general term for poetry composed in Japanese, and included several genres such as , , and . However, by the time of the ''Kokinshūs compilation at the beginning of the tenth century, all of these forms except for the ''tanka'' and ''chōka'' had effectively gone extinct, and ''chōka'' had significantly diminished in prominence. As a result, the word ''waka'' became effectively synonymous with ''tanka'', and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobutsuna Sasaki
was a ''tanka'' poet and scholar of the Nara and Heian periods of Japanese literature. He was active during the Shōwa period of Japan. Early life Sasaki was born in what is now part of Suzuka city, Mie prefecture. He was considered a child prodigy, and his father, Sasaki Hirotsuna, taught him the basics of poetry composition and encouraged him to memorize classical ''tanka'' verses. After graduation from the Classics Department of Tokyo Imperial University, he followed his father's wish and decided to devote his life to '' waka'' poetry, both by researching old verses and by composing new verses himself. Literary career In 1894 Sasaki published a lengthy patriotic poem ''Shina seibatsu no Uta'' (“The Song of the Conquest of China”), on the occasion of the start of the First Sino-Japanese War. The poem was extremely popular, and one of its lyrics comparing falling cherry blossoms to Japanese soldiers falling in battle for the emperor became a common symbolic phrase through t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
