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Tōkaidō Utsu Mountain at Okabe, color woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Tōkaidō

historical road, Japan
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Tōkaidō, historic road that connected Ōsaka and Kyōto with Edo (now Tokyo) in Japan. The Tōkaidō was about 515 km (320 miles) long and ran mostly along the Pacific (i.e., southern) coast of the island of Honshu. From ancient times the road was the chief route from the capital city of Kyōto eastward to central Honshu. The Tōkaidō became even more important during the Tokugawa (Edo) period (1603–1867), since it connected Edo, the capital city of the Tokugawa shogunate, with western Honshu. Along the Tōkaidō were 53 post-station towns whose inns and vendors provided lodging, refreshment, and gifts for the ...(100 of 219 words)

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