Tōkaidō post station
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A Tōkaidō post station was one of the officially designated rest and relay points along Japan’s historic Tōkaidō road, providing lodging, services, and logistical support to travelers between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hakone-juku | 2 |
| 東海道品川宿跡 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
post station
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist | Utagawa Hiroshige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Edo-period infrastructure
ⓘ
Historical geography of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Edo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedInto | post town ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
hatago
ⓘ
honjin ⓘ inn ⓘ official checkpoints ⓘ shops ⓘ stables ⓘ sub-honjin ⓘ tea house ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
horse relay station
ⓘ
lodging facility ⓘ logistical support point ⓘ provisioning point for travelers ⓘ relay point for official messengers ⓘ rest stop for travelers ⓘ transport hub on the Tōkaidō ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName |
宿場
ⓘ
宿場町 ⓘ |
| hasNotableRepresentationIn |
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ukiyo-e prints NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
collection of fees and taxes from travelers
ⓘ
control of movement along Tōkaidō ⓘ support of sankin-kōtai system ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | urban development along Tōkaidō ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Gokaidō post station system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalStatus | officially designated station ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Tōkaidō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfStationsOnRoute | 53 ⓘ |
| partOf | Edo period transportation network ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportModeServed |
foot travel
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horseback travel ⓘ palanquin travel ⓘ |
| usedBy |
common travelers
ⓘ
daimyō processions ⓘ merchants ⓘ official couriers ⓘ pilgrims ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
東海道品川宿跡
this entity surface form:
Hakone-juku
this entity surface form:
Hakone-juku