was the sixth of nine
post stations along the
Minoji. It is located in the present-day city of
Ichinomiya
is a Japanese historical term referring to the Shinto shrines with the highest rank in a province. Shrines of lower rank were designated , , , and so forth. ''Encyclopedia of Shinto'' ''Ichi no miya'' retrieved 2013-5-14.
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Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...
,
Japan
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. Established on edge of the
Kiso River
The is a river in the Chubu region of Japan roughly long, flowing through the prefectures of Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, and Mie before emptying into Ise Bay a short distance away from the city of Nagoya.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005) ...
, the post station was also on the border of
Mino and
Owari provinces.
History
When the
Joseon missions were traveling through Okoshi-juku, 270 boats were used to create a
pontoon bridge
A pontoon bridge (or ponton bridge), also known as a floating bridge, uses float (nautical), floats or shallow-draft (hull), draft boats to support a continuous deck for pedestrian and vehicle travel. The buoyancy of the supports limits the maxi ...
meters long.
The ruins of the post station's ''
honjin
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is the Japanese word for an inn for government officials, generally located in post stations (''shukuba'') dur ...
'' can still be seen. The ''honjins eleventh manager, Katō Isotari (加藤磯足), was a student of the famed scholar
Motoori Norinaga.
Neighboring post towns
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Hagiwara-juku was the fifth of nine post stations along the Minoji. It is located in the present-day city of Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Located on the banks of the Nikkō River, Hagiwara-juku was the smallest post station along the Minoji.
Neighbori ...
- Okoshi-juku -
Sunomata-juku
was the seventh of nine post stations along the Minoji. It is located in the present-day city of Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. In addition to serving as a post station, it was also a castle town for Sunomata Castle. Sandwiched between the Naga ...
References
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