The Yoshiwara-juku was originally located near the present-day Yoshiwara Station, on the modern Tōkaidō Main Line railway, but after a very destructive tsunami in 1639, was rebuilt further inland, on what is now the Yodahara section of present-day Fuji. In 1680, the area was again devastated by a large tsunami, and the post town was again relocated and moved to its current place. Although most of the route of the Tōkaidō in Sagami and Suruga Provinces was along the seashore as the name "East Sea Route" implied, at Hara-juku travelers walked away from the sea. Also, up until this point on the journey, Mount Fuji could always be seen to the right of the travelers coming from Edo. However, as they traveled inland, they could see Mount Fuji to their left, and the view came to be called "Fuji to the Left" (左富士, Hidari Fuji).
During the Edo period, there was a long colonnade of pine trees lining the route along this point. This is depicted in the classic ukiyo-e print by Andō Hiroshige (Hōeidō edition) from 1831–1834 which shows a groom leading a horse with women travelers down a narrow path lined with pine trees with Mount Fuji to the left.
yoshiwara, juku, 吉原宿, fourteenth, fifty, three, stations, tōkaidō, located, present, city, fuji, shizuoka, prefecture, japan, 1830s, depicted, hiroshige, hōeidō, edition, fifty, three, stations, tōkaidō, 1831, 1834, festival, held, each, year, october, novembe. Yoshiwara juku 吉原宿 Yoshiwara juku was the fourteenth of the fifty three stations of the Tōkaidō It is located in the present day city of Fuji Shizuoka Prefecture Japan Yoshiwara juku in the 1830s as depicted by Hiroshige in the Hōeidō edition of The Fifty three Stations of the Tōkaidō 1831 1834 The Yoshiwara juku Festival is held each year in October and November in Fuji showing visitors the area s history 1 Contents 1 History 2 Neighboring post towns 3 Further reading 4 ReferencesHistory EditThe Yoshiwara juku was originally located near the present day Yoshiwara Station on the modern Tōkaidō Main Line railway but after a very destructive tsunami in 1639 was rebuilt further inland on what is now the Yodahara section of present day Fuji In 1680 the area was again devastated by a large tsunami and the post town was again relocated and moved to its current place Although most of the route of the Tōkaidō in Sagami and Suruga Provinces was along the seashore as the name East Sea Route implied at Hara juku travelers walked away from the sea Also up until this point on the journey Mount Fuji could always be seen to the right of the travelers coming from Edo However as they traveled inland they could see Mount Fuji to their left and the view came to be called Fuji to the Left 左富士 Hidari Fuji During the Edo period there was a long colonnade of pine trees lining the route along this point This is depicted in the classic ukiyo e print by Andō Hiroshige Hōeidō edition from 1831 1834 which shows a groom leading a horse with women travelers down a narrow path lined with pine trees with Mount Fuji to the left Neighboring post towns EditTōkaidō Hara juku Yoshiwara juku Kanbara jukuFurther 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 1References Edit Media related to Yoshiwara juku at Wikimedia Commons Tōkaidō Yoshiwara juku NPO Tōkaidō Yoshiwara juku Accessed November 24 2007 Coordinates 35 09 45 N 138 41 16 E 35 16250 N 138 68778 E 35 16250 138 68778 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yoshiwara juku amp oldid 917527993, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
