Narumi-juku explained
was the fortieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in former Owari Province in what is now part of the Midori-ku section of the city of Nagoya, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
History
Narumi-juku had a population of 3,643 people at its peak.[1] The post station also had 847 buildings, including one honjin, two wakihonjin and 68 hatago.[1]
The classic ukiyo-e print by Andō Hiroshige (Hōeidō edition) from 1831 to 1834 depicts travellers passing by open-fronted shops selling tie-died cloth, typically used for making yukata summer kimono, which was a local speciality of the region.[2] The railroad bypassed Narumi-juku in the Meiji period, and a portion of the old town is preserved as a tourist attraction.
Neighboring post towns
- Tōkaidō
Chiryū-juku - Narumi-juku - Miya-jukuFurther reading
- Carey, Patrick. Rediscovering the Old Tokaido:In the Footsteps of Hiroshige. Global Books UK (2000).
- Chiba, Reiko. Hiroshige's Tokaido in Prints and Poetry. Tuttle. (1982)
- Taganau, Jilly. The Tokaido Road: Travelling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan. RoutledgeCurzon (2004).
References
35.0666°N 136.9709°W
Notes and References
- http://www.pref.aichi.jp/dourokensetsu/tokaido/guide/40.html Tōkaidō Shukuba Walking Guide
- Web site: Hiroshige - Tokaido Hoeido . 2012-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111216170131/http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/tokaido_hoeido/tokaido_hoeido_05.htm . 2011-12-16 . dead .
