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🚅Why was no one allowed to cross a samurai parade in Edo Japan? This rule shaped how people traveled, lived, and even painted their world. Japan travel meets art explained in Hiroshige's ukiyo-e prints (浮世絵) and the 53 Stations of the Tokaido. Learn about Japanese samurai history and Edo culture through this history documentary exploring the Daimyo Procession (Daimyo Gyoretsu), which shaped modern-day Japan.

🚃【Chapters】
0:00 About Hiroshige
1:32 Nihonbashi (日本橋): Tōkaidō highway begins
2:40 1st station: Shinagawa-shuku (品川宿)
3:32 2nd station: Kawasaki-juku (川崎宿)
5:00 3rd station: Kanagawa-juku (神奈川宿)
6:36 4th station: Hodogaya-juku (保土ケ谷宿)
7:54 5th station: Totsuka-juku (戸塚宿)
┗ 9:17 What is a Parede: Daimyo Gyoretsu?

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🇯🇵【Japanese Vocabularies】
▬ Places ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

Tōkaidō (東海道): An administrative division or its highway
The fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō (東海道五十三次): Highway network system in Tōkaidō
Kyoto / Kyō (京都 / 京): Ex-capital of Japan, current Kyoto city
Edo (江戸): City of the government by the Tokugawa family, current Tokyo
Sonobe Domain (園部藩):
Ise Shrine (伊勢神宮): Shrine dedicated to Amaterasu. The top of the shrine.

▬ People ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

UTAGAWA Hiroshige (歌川 広重): Painter in Edo period (1797-1858)

▬ Other Words ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

Post Town/Inn Town (宿場町): Town built around a posting station
Ukiyo-e (浮世絵): Japanese woodblock prints
Koku (石): Unit of cubic volume ≒ 180 litres
Kokudaka (石高): Crop yield also rice-based GDP
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Sengoku Period (戦国時代): From 1467 to 1615 in this video
Edo Period (江戸時代): After the Sengoku period, from 1603 to 1868
Kago (駕籠): Palanquin or litter, Man-powered vehicle
Soba (蕎麦): Japanese noodle made of buckwheat
Oi (笈): A type of backpack
Rokujū-roku-bu (六十六部): A type of Buddhist pilgrim
Komusō (虚無僧): Monks of the Fuke Sect, a branch of Zen Buddhism
Zen Sect (禅宗): A large categorization of Buddhism
Shakuhachi (尺八): Japanese flute made of bamboo
Umagutsu (馬沓): Horseshoe made of straw
Mon (文): Unit of coin
Ryō (両): Unit of gold coin
Kasa (笠): A type of headgear, it's not an umbrella (傘)
Daimyo (大名): An influential warrior with a large estate
Daimyo Gyoretsu (大名行列): A procession of Daimyo on an official outing
Sankin-kōtai (参勤交代): A system requiring daimyos to reside in edo for a period


Satellite Photos: U.S. Geological Survey
The fifty-three stations of the Tō-kaidō [Ukiyo-e]: National Diet Library Digital Collections [Japan]

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