Gunma Prefecture
is a 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 km2 (2,456 sq mi). Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima ...
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Japan
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History
Kuragano-shuku was an intersection between the Nakasendō and the
Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō The was established during the Edo period as a subroute to Nikkō Kaidō. It connects the Nakasendō with the Nikkō Kaidō.Nikkō Reiheishidō . Mainichi Shinbun. Accessed August 29, 2007. Travelers coming from
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...
would use this route to get to Nikkō. (If they were coming from
Edo
Edo ( ja, , , "bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.
Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...
, they would have used the Nikkō Kaidō.) During the
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...
, it was a popular port for trader ships on the Karasu River.Old Nakasendo: Kuragano-shuku and Takasaki-shuku . City of Takasaki. Accessed August 29, 2007.
Neighboring post towns
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Shinmachi-shuku was the eleventh of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
History
Though Shinmachi-shuku is the eleventh post station on the Nakasendō, it was the last station to ...
- Kuragano-shuku -
Takasaki-shuku was the thirteenth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
History
Takasaki-shuku was located at the intersection of the Nakasendō and the Mikuni Kaidō. Many bui ...