was the thirteenth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the present-day city of

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History

Hara-juku was a smaller

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on the coast of

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between Numazu-juku and

Yoshiwara-juku was the fourteenth of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō (road), Tōkaidō. It is located in the present-day city of Fuji, Shizuoka, Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The Yoshiwara-juku Festival is held each ...

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. It is the site of many paintings because of

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(''Hōeidō'' edition) from 1831 to 1834 depicts two women travelers walking past a huge snowy Mount Fuji. The women are accompanied by a manservant who is carrying their luggage. By contrast, the ''Kyōka'' edition of the late 1830s depicts three small teahouses, dwarfed by a huge, red

which protrudes out of the picture into the top margin.

Neighboring post towns

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References

*Carey, Patrick. ''Rediscovering the Old Tokaido:In the Footsteps of Hiroshige''. Global Books UK (2000). *Chiba, Reiko. ''Hiroshige's Tokaido in Prints and Poetry''. Tuttle. (1982) *Taganau, Jilly. ''The Tokaido Road: Travelling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan''. RoutledgeCurzon (2004). {{DEFAULTSORT:Hara-juku (Tokaido) Stations of the Tōkaidō Stations of the Tōkaidō in Shizuoka Prefecture