Shōno-juku was established in 1624 and was thus the last post station to be established on the Tōkaidō. The reason for its establishment is unclear, but it was built at a pre-existing settlement. The scale of the post station was small, and the number of visitors staying was few, leading the shogunate in 1815 to halve the number of people authorized to man the two official honjin.
Per the 1843 "東海道宿村大概帳" (Tōkaidō Shukuson Taigaichō) guidebook issued by the Inspector of Highways (道中奉行, Dōchu-būgyō), the town had a population of 855 with one honjin, one wakihonjin, and 15 hatago. It had one Tonyaba, for the stabling of packhorses and warehousing of goods, and one kōsatsu for the display of official notifications. It was 400.9 kilometers from Edo. The distance between neighboring Ishiyakushi-juku and Shōno-juku was less than three kilometers, making it the second shortest internal between stations on the Tōkaidō.
Shōno-juku established an archives museum in 1998 in one of the surviving buildings of the post station.[1] It contains information on Shōno-juku's honjin, other buildings and aspects of daily life, such as folk tools, farm tools, and daily necessities. The building is not a restored honjin as stated in some guidebooks, but is the restored residence of local artist Hikosaburo Kobayashi, and the building also displays are paintings and documents related to his life.
Shōno-juku in The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidōedit
Utagawa Hiroshige's ukiyo-eHōeidō edition print of Shōno-juku dates from 1833 -1834. It is titled Shōno's White Rain (白雨, Haku'u).[1] and depicts a group of travelers with straw raincoats and umbrellas, caught in a sudden summer thunderstorm and hurrying towards shelter. Kago (palanquin) bearers with a seated passenger are struggling up the slope, and a farmer with a straw raincoat and a traveler with an umbrella are struggling down the slope in the opposite direction. The thatched roofs of the post station are depicted in the lower right corner of the composition.
^ abShōno-juku Shiryō Kaikan. Suzuka City. Accessed December 18, 2007.
Further readingedit
Carey, Patrick. Rediscovering the Old Tokaido:In the Footsteps of Hiroshige. Global Books UK (2000). ISBN1-901903-10-9
Chiba, Reiko. Hiroshige's Tokaido in Prints and Poetry. Tuttle. (1982) ISBN0-8048-0246-7
Taganau, Jilly. The Tokaido Road: Travelling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan. RoutledgeCurzon (2004). ISBN0-415-31091-1
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shōno, juku, 庄野宿, forty, fifth, fifty, three, stations, shukuba, tōkaidō, connecting, with, kyoto, period, japan, located, former, province, what, city, suzuka, prefecture, japan, 庄野宿post, stationhiroshige, print, part, hōeidō, edition, fifty, three, stations,. Shōno juku 庄野宿 Shōno juku was the forty fifth of the fifty three stations shukuba of the Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan It was located in former Ise Province in what is now the city of Suzuka Mie Prefecture Japan Shōno juku庄野宿post stationHiroshige s print of Shōno juku part of the Hōeidō edition The Fifty three Stations of the Tōkaidō seriesGeneral informationLocationKameyama Mie former Ise Province JapanCoordinates34 53 03 81 N 136 31 33 28 E 34 8843917 N 136 5259111 E 34 8843917 136 5259111Elevation23 metersLine s TōkaidōDistance400 9 km from EdoLocationShōno jukuLocation within Mie PrefectureShow map of Mie PrefectureShōno jukuShōno juku Japan Show map of Japan Contents 1 History 2 Shōno juku in The Fifty three Stations of the Tōkaidō 3 Neighboring post towns 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksHistory editShōno juku was established in 1624 and was thus the last post station to be established on the Tōkaidō The reason for its establishment is unclear but it was built at a pre existing settlement The scale of the post station was small and the number of visitors staying was few leading the shogunate in 1815 to halve the number of people authorized to man the two official honjin Per the 1843 東海道宿村大概帳 Tōkaidō Shukuson Taigaichō guidebook issued by the Inspector of Highways 道中奉行 Dōchu bugyō the town had a population of 855 with one honjin one wakihonjin and 15 hatago It had one Tonyaba for the stabling of packhorses and warehousing of goods and one kōsatsu for the display of official notifications It was 400 9 kilometers from Edo The distance between neighboring Ishiyakushi juku and Shōno juku was less than three kilometers making it the second shortest internal between stations on the Tōkaidō Shōno juku established an archives museum in 1998 in one of the surviving buildings of the post station 1 It contains information on Shōno juku s honjin other buildings and aspects of daily life such as folk tools farm tools and daily necessities The building is not a restored honjin as stated in some guidebooks but is the restored residence of local artist Hikosaburo Kobayashi and the building also displays are paintings and documents related to his life Shōno juku in The Fifty three Stations of the Tōkaidō editUtagawa Hiroshige s ukiyo e Hōeidō edition print of Shōno juku dates from 1833 1834 It is titled Shōno s White Rain 白雨 Haku u 1 and depicts a group of travelers with straw raincoats and umbrellas caught in a sudden summer thunderstorm and hurrying towards shelter Kago palanquin bearers with a seated passenger are struggling up the slope and a farmer with a straw raincoat and a traveler with an umbrella are struggling down the slope in the opposite direction The thatched roofs of the post station are depicted in the lower right corner of the composition Neighboring post towns editTōkaidō Ishiyakushi juku Shōno juku Kameyama jukuReferences edit a b Shōno juku Shiryō Kaikan Suzuka City Accessed December 18 2007 Further reading editCarey 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 1External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shono juku THE WOODBLOCK PRINTS OF UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE The Great Tōkaidō Suzuka City home page in Japanese Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shōno juku amp oldid 1054436018, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
