Narumi-juku

Coordinates: 35°04′00″N 136°58′15″E / 35.066620°N 136.970924°E / 35.066620; 136.970924
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Narumi-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige in as depicted by Hiroshige in the Hōeidō edition of The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (1831-1834)
Present-day Narumi-juku

Narumi-juku (鳴海宿, Narumi-juku) was the fortieth of the

.

History

Narumi-juku had a population of 3,643 people at its peak.

The classic

Meiji period
, and a portion of the old town is preserved as a tourist attraction.

Neighboring post towns

Tōkaidō
Chiryū-juku - Narumi-juku - Miya-juku


Further reading

  • Carey, Patrick. Rediscovering the Old Tokaido:In the Footsteps of Hiroshige. Global Books UK (2000).
  • Chiba, Reiko. Hiroshige's Tokaido in Prints and Poetry. Tuttle. (1982)
  • Taganau, Jilly. The Tokaido Road: Travelling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan. RoutledgeCurzon (2004).

References

  1. ^ a b Tōkaidō Shukuba Walking Guide. Aichi Prefecture. Accessed December 17, 2007.
  2. ^ "Hiroshige - Tokaido Hoeido". Archived from the original on 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2012-01-20.

35°04′00″N 136°58′15″E / 35.066620°N 136.970924°E / 35.066620; 136.970924