Takamiya-juku
Takamiya-juku 高宮宿 | |||||
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 Hiroshige's print of Takamiya-juku, part of the Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Hikone, Shiga (former Ōmi Province) Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°14′08.1″N 136°15′24″E / 35.235583°N 136.25667°E | ||||
| Elevation | 108 meters | ||||
| Line(s) | Nakasendō | ||||
| Distance | 474 km from Edo | ||||
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Takamiya-juku (高宮宿, Takamiya-juku) was the sixty-fourth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in the present-day city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, on the right bank of the Inukami River.
History
Takamiya-juku has a very long history, and was a market town in front of the gates of the
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 3560 people in 835 houses, including one honjin, two waki-honjin, and 23 hatago, and was thus this largest of the stations in Ōmi Province.[2] Most of the women were listed as working in textile production, and the men as either in hemp harvesting or sales. Takamiya-juku is 474 kilometers from Edo and 64 kilometers from Kyoto.
Modern Takamiya-juku
Takamiya-juku is southeast of the current center of Hikone.[3] The post town once existed for 800 meters along the road; however, most has been redeveloped with modern buildings. The front gate of the honjin has been preserved, and a number of the late Edo period to early Meiji period merchant houses with their characteristic black walls, "insect-cage window" on the mezzanine floor, and lattice work, still survive.
Takamiya-juku in The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō
Gallery
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First Torii of Taga Taisha -
Surviving old buildings of Takamiya-juku -
Gate of Takamiya-juku honjin -
Kato house in Takamiya-juku
Neighboring post towns
- Nakasendō
- Toriimoto-juku - Takamiya-juku - Echigawa-juku
Notes
- ^ Shiga Prefecture List of Cultural Properties (in Japanese)
- ^ Hikone City Tourist Information (in Japanese)
- ^ Nakasendō Takamiya-juku Archived 2007-08-04 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed July 23, 2007.
References
- Izzard, Sebastian (2008). The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido. George Braziller. ISBN 0807615935.
- Berna, Cristina (2019). Hiroshige 69 Stations of the Nakasendō. Missys Clan. ISBN 2919787667.
- Kishimoto, Yutaka (2016). 中山道浪漫の旅 書き込み手帖. Shinano Mainichi Shimbun. ISBN 4784072977. (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 4635600785. (in Japanese)
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