Otai-shuku

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Hiroshige's print of Otai-shuku, part of the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō

Otai-shuku(小田井宿,Otai-shuku) was the twenty-first of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day town of Miyota, in the Kitasaku District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

69 Stations of the Nakasendō

The 69 Stations of the Nakasendō are the rest areas along the Nakasendō, which ran from Nihonbashi in Edo to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto. The route stretched approximately 534 km (332 mi) and was an alternate trade route to the Tōkaidō.

Nakasendō

The Nakasendō, also called the Kisokaidō (木曾街道), was one of the five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected Edo to Kyoto in Japan. There were 69 stations (staging-posts) between Edo and Kyoto, crossing through Musashi, Kōzuke, Shinano, Mino and Ōmi provinces. In addition to Tokyo and Kyoto, the Nakasendō runs through the modern-day prefectures of Saitama, Gunma, Nagano, Gifu and Shiga, with a total distance of about 534 km (332 mi).

Miyota, Nagano Town in Chūbu, Japan

Miyota is a town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019, the town had an estimated population of 15,562 in 6897 households, and a population density of 258 persons per km². The total area of the town is 58.79 square kilometres (22.70 sq mi).

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History

Otai-shuku originated between 473 and 492 AD and developed into a post town over one thousand years later, during the Keichō era. [1] Because Otai-shuku was small there were only five rest areas in the entire post town, daimyōs tended to stay at the neighboring Oiwake-shuku, which was much larger. [2] The Otai-shuku Festival was established to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the post town; this festival takes place on August 16 of each year. [3]

Keichō Japanese era

Keichō (慶長) was a Japanese era name after Bunroku and before Genna. This period spanned from October 1596 to July 1615. The reigning emperors were Go-Yōzei-tennō (後陽成天皇) and Go-Mizunoo-tennō (後水尾天皇).

<i>Daimyō</i> powerful territorial lord in pre-modern Japan

The daimyō were powerful Japanese feudal lords who, until their decline in the early Meiji period, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. In the term, dai (大) means "large", and myō stands for myōden(名田), meaning private land.

Oiwake-shuku

Oiwake-shuku was the twentieth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day town of Karuizawa, in the Kitasaku District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

Neighboring post towns

Nakasendō
Oiwake-shuku - Otai-shuku - Iwamurada-shuku

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Shionada-shuku

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Kutsukake-shuku

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Okegawa-shuku

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Kōnosu-shuku

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Shinmachi-shuku

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Itahana-shuku

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Matsuida-shuku

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Annaka-shuku

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References

  1. ↑ Nakasendo: Otai-shuku. Shunji Mori. Accessed August 14, 2007.
  2. ↑ Nakasendō: Shinshū Miyota. Miyota-machi Tourist Association. Accessed August 30, 2007.
  3. ↑ Otai-juku Matsuri: Shinshū Miyota. Miyota-machi Tourist Association. Accessed August 14, 2007.

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