Hosokute-juku

Hiroshige's print of Hosokute-juku, part of the The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series

Hosokute-juku (細久手宿 Hosokute-juku) was the forty-eighth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō during the Edo period and it is located in the present-day city of Mizunami, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

History

Located in the Owari clan's domain, Hosokute-juku was established as a mountaintop post town in 1610. The route between the two neighboring post towns, Ōkute-juku and Mitake-juku, was long and difficult, so the town was built up as a resting point between the two places.[1] It contains the family temple of the Toki clan, Mino Province's guardian.

Neighboring Post Towns

Nakasendō
Ōkute-juku - Hosokute-juku - Mitake-juku

References

  1. Nakasendo Hosokute-juku. Ibisoku Co., Ltd. Accessed July 11, 2007.

Coordinates: 35°25′52.1″N 137°14′02.3″E / 35.431139°N 137.233972°E / 35.431139; 137.233972

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