was the fifteenth of the sixty-nine stations of the

Nakasendō The , also called the ,Richard Lane, ''Images from the Floating World'' (1978) Chartwell, Secaucus ; pg. 285 was one of the five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto in Japan. There were 69 ...

. It is located in the present-day city of Annaka,

Gunma Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 Square kilometre, km2 (2,456 Square mile, sq mi). Gunma P ...

, Japan. ''Batō Kan'on'' (馬頭漢音 ''horsehead gods'') lined the way to the post town.Hiroshige - Kisokaido
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Neighboring Post Towns

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Itahana-shuku was the fourteenth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Ruins of its '' honjin'' can be found at the Princess Kazunomiya Inn (皇女和宮宿泊 ''Ōjo Kazunomiya ...

- Annaka-shuku -

Matsuida-shuku was the sixteenth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, at the foot of Mount Myōgi. Travel towards Kyoto Usuinoseki Checkpoint was one of the four major checkpo ...

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{{Gunma-geo-stub Stations of the Nakasendō Post stations in Gunma Prefecture