Mitake-juku
Mitake-juku 御嶽宿 | |||||
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 Hiroshige's print of Mitake-juku, part of the Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Mitake, Gifu (former Mino Province) Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°25′47.34″N 137°07′48″E / 35.4298167°N 137.13000°E | ||||
| Elevation | 129 meters | ||||
| Line(s) | Nakasendō | ||||
| Distance | 376.4 km from Edo | ||||
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Mitake-juku (御嶽宿, Mitake-juku) was the forty-ninth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It is located in former Mino Province in what is now part of the town of Mitake, Kani District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.[1] Travelers often came straight to Mitake-juku to avoid the difficult paths near Hosokute-juku.[1]
History
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Per the 1843 "中山道宿村大概帳" (Nakasendō Shukuson Taigaichō) guidebook issued by the Inspector of Highways (道中奉行, Dōchu-būgyō), the town had a population of 600 people in 66 houses, including one honjin, one waki-honjin, and 28 hatago. Mitake-juku is 376.4 kilometers from Edo.
Modern Mitake-juku is fairly well-preserved. The honjin (built in 1742) and several machiya, including the Tateya hatago (built in 1877) still survives, as does the teahouse which was the subject of Hirsohige's print. Mitake-juku has a local museum, the Nakasendō Mitake-kan (中山道みたけ館) with documents and displays pertaining to the history of the post station.
Mitake-juku in The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō
Neighboring Post Towns
- Nakasendō
- Hosokute-juku - Mitake-juku - Fushimi-juku
Notes
- ^ a b Nakasendo Mitake-juku Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. Ibisoku Co., Ltd. Accessed July 11, 2007.
References
- Izzard, Sebastian (2008). The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido. George Braziller. ISBN 978-0807615935.
- Berna, Cristina (2019). Hiroshige 69 Stations of the Nakasendō. Missys Clan. ISBN 978-2919787661.
- Kishimoto, Yutaka (2016). 中山道浪漫の旅 書き込み手帖. Shinano Mainichi Shimbun. ISBN 978-4784072972. (in Japanese)
- Yagi, Makio (2014). ちゃんと歩ける中山道六十九次 西 藪原宿~京三条大橋. 山と渓谷社. ISBN 978-4635600781. (in Japanese)
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