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.

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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
horseback travel
palanquin travel
usedBy common travelers
daimyō processions
merchants
official couriers
pilgrims

Referenced by (4)

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品川区 hasLandmark Tōkaidō post station
this entity surface form: 東海道品川宿跡
Tōkaidō hasStation Tōkaidō post station
this entity surface form: Hakone-juku
Ōiso historicalStatus Tōkaidō post station
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō includes Tōkaidō post station
this entity surface form: Hakone-juku