Ejiri-juku
35°01′25″N 138°29′13″E / 35.023495°N 138.487043°E / 35.023495; 138.487043
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.[1] 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
- Tōkaidō
- 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
- ^ 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō - Ejiri-juku Archived 2007-08-17 at the Wayback Machine. Kōhei Wada. Accessed November 9, 2007.
- Coordinates: "Ejiri-juku". Retrieved May 5, 2010.