Fushimi-juku (Nakasendō)

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Hiroshige's print of Fushimi-juku, part of the The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series
Hiroshige's print of Fushimi-juku, part of the The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series
For the post station on the Tōkaidō, see Fushimi-juku (Tōkaidō).

Fushimi-juku (伏見宿 Fushimi-juku?) was the fiftieth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day town of Mitake, Ena District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

[edit] History

During the Edo period, as the nearby post towns, such as Mitake-juku and Ōta-juku, began to flourish, Fushimi-juku was built up to take part in the popular travel route.[1] However, because a national highway goes directly over the spot where the old post town was located, there are no traces of the old row houses that spanned approximately 600 meters.[1]

[edit] Neighboring Post Towns

Nakasendō
Mitake-juku - Fushimi-juku - Ōta-juku

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Nakasendo Fushimi-juku. Ibisoku Co., Ltd. Accessed July 11, 2007.
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