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The was established during the
Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
as a subroute to
Nikkō Kaidō The was one of the centrally administered Edo Five Routes, five routes of the Edo period. It was built to connect the ''de facto'' capital of Japan at Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with the temple-shrine complex of the Mangan-ji and Tōshōsha (now cal ...
. It connected the
Nakasendō The , also called the ,Richard Lane, ''Images from the Floating World'' (1978) Chartwell, Secaucus ; pg. 285 was one of the centrally administered Edo Five Routes, five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected the ''de facto'' ...
with the Nikkō Kaidō.Nikkō Reiheishidō
. Mainichi Shinbun. Accessed August 29, 2007.
. City of Takasaki. Accessed August 29, 2007.


Stations of the Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō

The 21 post stations of the Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō, with their present-day municipalities listed beside them.


Gunma Prefecture is a landlocked 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 . Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fuk ...

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Kuragano-shuku was the twelfth of the 69 Stations of the Nakasendō, sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Takasaki, Gunma, Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. History Kuragano-shuku was an intersection between the Nakas ...
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Takasaki is a Cities of Japan, city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 372,369 in 167,345 households, and a population density of 810 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Takasaki is famous as th ...
) (also part of the
Nakasendō The , also called the ,Richard Lane, ''Images from the Floating World'' (1978) Chartwell, Secaucus ; pg. 285 was one of the centrally administered Edo Five Routes, five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected the ''de facto'' ...
) # Tamamura-shuku (玉村宿) ( Tamamura, Sawa District) # Goryō-shuku (五料宿) (Tamamura, Sawa District) # Shiba-shuku (柴宿) ( Isesaki) # Sakai-shuku (境宿) (Isesaki) # Kizaki-shuku (木崎宿) ( Ōta) # Ōta-shuku (太田宿) (Ōta)


Tochigi Prefecture is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,897,649 (1 June 2023) and has a geographic area of 6,408 Square kilometre, km2 (2,474 Square mile, sq mi ...


See also

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Kaidō were roads in Japan dating from the Edo period. They played important roles in transportation like the Appian Way of ancient Roman roads. Major examples include the Edo Five Routes, all of which started at Edo (modern-day Tokyo). Minor exam ...
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Edo Five Routes The , sometimes translated as "Five Highways", were the five centrally administered routes, or ''kaidō'', that connected the ''de facto'' capital of Japan at Edo (now Tokyo) with the outer provinces during the Edo period (1603–1868). The most ...


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