Ōtsu-juku
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Ōtsu-juku was a historic post station and lodging town that served travelers along Japan’s Tōkaidō route, near the eastern shore of Lake Biwa in present-day Shiga Prefecture.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
post station
ⓘ
shukuba ⓘ |
| artisticRepresentationBy | Utagawa Hiroshige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tōkaidō travel culture
ⓘ
daimyō processions (sankin-kōtai) ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Edo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fushimi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kusatsu-juku NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | historic site area with preserved streetscape (partial) ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hiroshige series)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō (Hiroshige and Keisai Eisen series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | approximately 14 kilometers from Kyoto ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
innkeeping
ⓘ
port-related commerce on Lake Biwa ⓘ tea houses ⓘ |
| function |
lodging town
ⓘ
post town for travelers ⓘ |
| governingAuthority | Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadFacility |
hatago
ⓘ
honjin ⓘ waki-honjin ⓘ |
| historicalImportance | major staging point between Edo and Kyoto ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Shiga Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ōtsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Kansai region ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Lake Biwa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern shore of Lake Biwa ⓘ |
| locatedOnRoute |
Nakasendō
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tōkaidō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernLocation | Ōtsu City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernPrefecture | Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameWrittenInKanji | 大津宿 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearByBodyOfWater | Seta River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearByCity | Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionOnNakasendō | 69th station of the 69 Stations of the Nakasendō ⓘ |
| positionOnTōkaidō | 53rd station of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō ⓘ |
| regionRelativeToLakeBiwa | southern shore area of Lake Biwa ⓘ |
| role |
gateway to Kyoto from the east
ⓘ
transport and communications hub between eastern and western Japan ⓘ |
| servedAs |
post station on the Nakasendō
ⓘ
post station on the Tōkaidō ⓘ |
| transportRole | junction of land and water transport routes ⓘ |
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