was the twenty-sixth of the sixty-nine stations of the

Nakasendō The , also called the ,Richard Lane, ''Images from the Floating World'' (1978) Chartwell, Secaucus ; pg. 285 was one of the centrally administered Edo Five Routes, five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected the ''de facto'' ...

. It is located in the present-day town of Tateshina, in the Kitasaku District of

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History

Ashida-shuku was formed in , during the

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

, when the Nakasendō's route was altered and the government ordered creation of new post towns.Kyū-Ashida-shuku
. Town of Tateshina. Accessed August 2, 2007. It was located near the eastern entrance to the Kasadori Pass and was well known for its silk production.

Neighboring post towns

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Mochizuki-shuku was the twenty-fifth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Saku, in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. History Located at the base of Mount Tateshina, Mochizuki has long been known for its horses. The area ...

- Ashida-shuku - Nagakubo-shuku :(

Motai-shuku was a mid-station along the Nakasendō in Edo period Japan. An ''ainoshuku'' refers to a rest station, rather than a post town with lodging. It was in between the post stations of Mochizuki-shuku and Ashida-shuku. It is located in the present-d ...

was an '' ai no shuku'' located between Mochizuki-shuku and Ashida-shuku.)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashida-Shuku Stations of the Nakasendō Stations of the Nakasendo in Nagano Prefecture