was the forty-fifth of the fifty-three stations (''

shukuba were post stations during the Edo period in Japan, generally located on one of the Edo Five Routes or one of its sub-routes. They were also called ''shuku-eki'' (宿駅). These post stations (or "post towns") were places where travelers could r ...

'') of the Tōkaidō connecting

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with

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Japan. It was located in former

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in what is now the city of Suzuka,

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History

Shōno-juku was established in 1624 and was thus the last post station to be established on the Tōkaidō. The reason for its establishment is unclear, but it was built at a pre-existing settlement. The scale of the post station was small, and the number of visitors staying was few, leading the shogunate in 1815 to halve the number of people authorized to man the two official ''honjin''. Per the 1843 guidebook issued by the , the town had a population of 855 with one ''

honjin The ''honjin'' at Inaba Kaidō's Ōhara-shuku.">Ōhara-shuku.html" ;"title="Inaba Kaidō's Ōhara-shuku">Inaba Kaidō's Ōhara-shuku. is the Japanese word for an inn for government officials, generally located in post stations (''shukuba'') dur ...

'', one ''wakihonjin'', and 15 ''

hatago were Edo period lodgings for travelers at '' shukuba'' (post stations) along the national highways, including the Edo Five Routes The , sometimes translated as "Five Highways", were the five centrally administered routes, or ''kaidō'', that ...

''. It had one ''Tonyaba'', for the stabling of packhorses and warehousing of goods, and one ''

kōsatsu The Kōsatsu (, literally "High plaque"), also called Seisatu (, literally "Controlling plaque"), was the public notice of the han-lord's or shogun's proclamations in the Japanese history. They were the local or nationwide laws written on the woode ...

'' for the display of official notifications. It was 400.9 kilometers from Edo. The distance between neighboring

Ishiyakushi-juku was the forty-fourth of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, fifty-three stations (''shukuba'') of the Tōkaidō (road), Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in former Ise Province in what is now part of the city ...

and Shōno-juku was less than three kilometers, making it the second shortest internal between stations on the Tōkaidō. Shōno-juku established an archives museum in 1998 in one of the surviving buildings of the post station.Shōno-juku Shiryō Kaikan
Suzuka City. Accessed December 18, 2007. It contains information on Shōno-juku's ''honjin'', other buildings and aspects of daily life, such as folk tools, farm tools, and daily necessities. The building is not a restored ''honjin'' as stated in some guidebooks, but is the restored residence of local artist Hikosaburo Kobayashi, and the building also displays are paintings and documents related to his life.

Shōno-juku in ''The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō''

Utagawa Hiroshige Utagawa Hiroshige (, also ; ja, 歌川広重 ), born Andō Tokutarō (; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ''ukiyo-e'' artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format l ...

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ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surfac ...

'' ''Hōeidō'' edition print of Shōno-juku dates from 1833 -1834. It is titled . and depicts a group of travelers with straw raincoats and umbrellas, caught in a sudden summer thunderstorm and hurrying towards shelter.

Kago A is a type of litter used as a means of human transportation by the non-samurai class in feudal Japan and into the Meiji period The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was ...

(palanquin) bearers with a seated passenger are struggling up the slope, and a farmer with a straw raincoat and a traveler with an umbrella are struggling down the slope in the opposite direction. The thatched roofs of the post station are depicted in the lower right corner of the composition.

Neighboring post towns

;Tōkaidō :

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Kameyama-juku was the forty-sixth of the fifty-three stations (''shukuba'') of the Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in former Ise Province in what is now the center of the city of Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, Japan. His ...

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THE WOODBLOCK PRINTS OF UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE The Great Tōkaidō
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shono-Juku Stations of the Tōkaidō Stations of the Tōkaidō in Mie Prefecture Ise Province Suzuka, Mie

History

Shōno-juku in ''The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō''

Neighboring post towns

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