Gokaidō

E936898

Gokaidō refers to the five major roads of Japan’s Edo period, a key transportation network that connected Edo (modern Tokyo) with other important regions and facilitated travel, trade, and administration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical road network
transportation infrastructure
capitalCityConnected Edo NERFINISHED
connectsWith Central Japan NERFINISHED
Edo NERFINISHED
Kyoto NERFINISHED
Northern Honshu NERFINISHED
Osaka region NERFINISHED
country Japan
culturalImpact influenced travel literature
inspired ukiyo-e prints
economicImpact facilitated domestic trade
stimulated post-station economies
eraCapital Edo NERFINISHED
etymology Japanese for "Five Highways"
governanceRole centralization of power
hasFeature checkpoints
post stations
hasPart Kōshū Kaidō NERFINISHED
Nakasendō NERFINISHED
Nikkō Kaidō NERFINISHED
Tōkaidō NERFINISHED
Ōshū Kaidō NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Edo period NERFINISHED
infrastructureElement bridges
ferries
language Japanese
locatedIn Honshu
maintainedBy Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
modernCityCorrespondence Tokyo NERFINISHED
politicalFunction control of daimyo
implementation of sankin-kōtai system
regulates movement of goods
movement of people
roadType highway
long-distance route
startPoint Nihonbashi NERFINISHED
timePeriodEnd late 19th century
timePeriodStart early 17th century
travelMode on foot
on horseback
palanquin
use administration
trade
transportation
travel

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Tōkaidō partOf Gokaidō