Gokaidō (Five Routes)

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cultural heritage of Japan historical road network transportation infrastructure

Gokaidō (Five Routes) were the five major highways of early modern Japan that radiated from Edo, forming the core overland network for travel, trade, and administration during the Tokugawa shogunate.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gokaidō (Five Routes) canonical 1
Nakasendo 1
Old Tokaido Road sections 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage of Japan ⓘ
historical road network ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
administeredBy Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
associatedWithPolicy sankin-kōtai ⓘ
associatedWithSystem shukuba (post station) system ⓘ
centerOfNetwork Edo ⓘ
connects Edo ⓘ
Kyoto ⓘ
Kōshū region ⓘ
Nikko ⓘ
surface form: Nikkō

Osaka ⓘ
northern Honshū regions ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
documentedIn Edo-period maps ⓘ
ukiyo-e prints ⓘ
hasCharacteristic centrally regulated ⓘ
economically important ⓘ
militarily strategic ⓘ
hasPart Kōshū Kaidō ⓘ
Nakasendō ⓘ
Nikkō Kaidō ⓘ
Tōkaidō ⓘ
Ōshū Kaidō ⓘ
heritageStatus subject of modern preservation efforts ⓘ
influenced Edo-period commerce ⓘ
Edo-period travel culture ⓘ
urban development along routes ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
literalMeaningOfName Five Highways ⓘ
Five Routes ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod Edo period ⓘ
numberOfConstituentRoutes 5 ⓘ
partOf Edo-period transportation network ⓘ
purpose administration ⓘ
overland travel ⓘ
trade ⓘ
radiatedFrom Edo ⓘ
regulates post stations ⓘ
replacedBy modern road and rail networks in Japan ⓘ
usedBy common travelers ⓘ
daimyō ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
official envoys ⓘ
pilgrims ⓘ
usedDuring Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edo → transportHubOf → Gokaidō (Five Routes) ⓘ
Otsu → hasHistoricRoute → Gokaidō (Five Routes) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nakasendo
Hakone → hasAttraction → Gokaidō (Five Routes) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Tokaido Road sections