Ejiri-juku
{{short description|Eighteenth of the 53 stations of the Tōkaidō in Japan}}
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File:Ejiri in the Suruga province.jpg in Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji]]
{{nihongo|Ejiri-juku|江尻宿|Ejiri-juku}} was the eighteenth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is one of four former post stations located in what is now part of the Shimizu-ku area of Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was 3.4 kilometers from Okitsu-juku, the preceding post station.
History
Ejiri-juku was Ejiri Castle's castle town. The castle was built in 1570, but Ejiri-juku was not officially designated a post station until the early 17th century. At its peak, it had two honjin, three sub-honjin and 50 hatago, among the 1,340 total buildings. Its population was around 6,500.[http://www.tokaido.co.jp/lab/wada/tour59.htm 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō - Ejiri-juku] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817174929/http://tokaido.co.jp/lab/wada/tour59.htm |date=2007-08-17 }}. Kōhei Wada. Accessed November 9, 2007. Ejiri-juku gave its name to the area's railway station, until it was renamed Shimizu Station in 1934.
The classic ukiyo-e print by Andō Hiroshige (Hōeidō edition) from 1831–1834 depicts a view over the Miho no Matsubara with boats anchored in the foreground in front of a fishing village, with others sailing in Suruga Bay.
Neighboring post towns
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:Okitsu-juku - Ejiri-juku - Fuchū-shuku
Further reading
- Carey, Patrick. Rediscovering the Old Tokaido:In the Footsteps of Hiroshige. Global Books UK (2000). {{ISBN|1-901903-10-9}}
- Chiba, Reiko. Hiroshige's Tokaido in Prints and Poetry. Tuttle. (1982) {{ISBN|0-8048-0246-7}}
- Taganau, Jilly. The Tokaido Road: Travelling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan. RoutledgeCurzon (2004). {{ISBN|0-415-31091-1}}
References
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- Coordinates: {{cite web|url=http://www.kotodamaya.com/ejiri-juku-tokaido/|title=Ejiri-juku|access-date=May 5, 2010}}
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