Ejiri-juku

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.

Ejiri-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige in The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Ejiri in Suruga Province around 1830, as depicted by Hokusai in Thirty-six Views of Mount_Fuji

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
  1. 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō - Ejiri-juku Archived 2007-08-17 at the Wayback Machine. Kōhei Wada. Accessed November 9, 2007.
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