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*''Japanese'': 二川宿 ''(Futagawa-juku)''

*''Japanese'': 二川宿 ''(Futagawa-juku)''

Futagawa-juku was the 33rd of the 53 stations of the [[Tokadio|Tôkaidô]] [[highways|highway]]. Located in [[Mikawa province]], within what is today the city of [[Toyohashi]], [[Aichi prefecture]], Futagawa was a small [[post-town]], home to some 1,468 residents in 328 homes (as of [[1843]]). One ''[[honjin]]'' and one ''waki-honjin'' were maintained to serve as lodgings for the ''daimyô'' and other elite figures who regularly passed through the town; thirty-eight ''[[hatagoya]]'' catered to other travelers. Though originally located within the territory of [[Yoshida han]], from [[1643]] onwards, the post-town was overseen by a ''[[daikan]]'' appointed by the shogunate, rather than coming under the authority of the local ''daimyô''.<ref>Asao Naohiro (ed.), ''Fudai daimyô Ii ke no girei'', Hikone Castle Museum (2004), 331.; Shibuya Shiori 渋谷詩織, "Ryûkyû shisetsu to shukuba - Tôkaidô Futagawa wo chûshin ni -" 「琉球使節と宿場―東海道二川を中心に」, in Kamiya Nobuyuki 紙屋敦之 (ed.), ''Kinsei Nihon ni okeru gaikoku shisetsu to shakai hen'yô 3: taikun gaikô kaitai wo ou'' 『近世日本における外国使節と社会変容（３）－大君外交解体を追う－』, Tokyo: Waseda University (2009), 75.</ref>

Futagawa-juku was the 33rd of the 53 stations of the [[Tokadio|Tôkaidô]] [[highways|highway]]. Located in [[Mikawa province]], within what is today the city of [[Toyohashi]], [[Aichi prefecture]], Futagawa was a small [[post-town]], home to some 1,468 residents in 328 homes (as of [[1843]]). One ''[[honjin]]'' and one ''waki-honjin'' were maintained to serve as lodgings for the ''daimyô'' and other elite figures who regularly passed through the town; thirty-eight ''[[hatagoya]]'' catered to other travelers. Though originally located within the territory of [[Yoshida han]], from [[1643]] onwards, the post-town was overseen by a ''[[daikan]]'' appointed by the shogunate, rather than coming under the authority of the local ''daimyô''.<ref>Asao Naohiro (ed.), ''Fudai daimyô Ii ke no girei'', Hikone Castle Museum (2004), 331.; Shibuya Shiori 渋谷詩織, "Ryûkyû shisetsu to shukuba - Tôkaidô Futagawa wo chûshin ni -" 「琉球使節と宿場―東海道二川を中心に」, in Kamiya Nobuyuki 紙屋敦之 (ed.), ''Kinsei Nihon ni okeru gaikoku shisetsu to shakai hen'yô 3: taikun gaikô kaitai wo ou'' 『近世日本における外国使節と社会変容（３）－大君外交解体を追う－』, Tokyo: Waseda University (2009), 78.</ref>

==Honjin==

==Honjin==

The Baba family has left 33 volumes of records, covering the period from 1807 to [[1866]]. They include lists of prominent individuals who stayed at the ''honjin'', as well as for certain periods day-to-day records. These include several categories or groups of documents, two of which are: volumes grouped until the title ''go-kyûhaku sôken'' (御休泊早見), which are organized chronologically, day by day; and volumes collected under the title ''go-kyûhaku kiroku'' (御休泊記録), which are organized in ''iroha'' order (akin to alphabetically) by the names of the ''daimyô'', ''kuge'', or other figure featured in that entry. These ''go-kyûhaku kiroku'' record in which rooms or buildings each figure stayed, how many people they brought with them, the food they were served, how much they paid, what extra gifts they brought for the post-town officials, and what special gifts they were given in exchange by the post-town. Records regarding ''daimyô'' are particularly detailed, including as well accounts of actions by post-town officials & the ''daimyô’s'' representatives (e.g. the exchange of official documents); occasions when stays were extended or changed due to the weather; descriptions of where lanterns and banners were hung; and so forth.

The Baba family has left 33 volumes of records, covering the period from 1807 to [[1866]]. They include lists of prominent individuals who stayed at the ''honjin'', as well as for certain periods day-to-day records. These include several categories or groups of documents, two of which are: volumes grouped until the title ''go-kyûhaku sôken'' (御休泊早見), which are organized chronologically, day by day; and volumes collected under the title ''go-kyûhaku kiroku'' (御休泊記録), which are organized in ''iroha'' order (akin to alphabetically) by the names of the ''daimyô'', ''kuge'', or other figure featured in that entry. These ''go-kyûhaku kiroku'' record in which rooms or buildings each figure stayed, how many people they brought with them, the food they were served, how much they paid, what extra gifts they brought for the post-town officials, and what special gifts they were given in exchange by the post-town. Records regarding ''daimyô'' are particularly detailed, including as well accounts of actions by post-town officials & the ''daimyô’s'' representatives (e.g. the exchange of official documents); occasions when stays were extended or changed due to the weather; descriptions of where lanterns and banners were hung; and so forth.

The ''honjin'' at Futagawa survives today as a local history museum. The building is 17 1/2 ''[[Japanese Measurements|ken]]'' wide, and covers a space of roughly 525 ''tsubo''.<ref>Watanabe Kazutoshi 渡辺和敏, "Sankin kôtai to honjin" 参勤交代と本陣, ''Honjin ni tomatta daimyô tachi'', 53.</ref>

The ''honjin'' at Futagawa survives today as a local history museum. The building is 17 1/2 ''[[Japanese Measurements|ken]]'' wide, and covers a space of roughly 525 ''tsubo''.<ref>Watanabe Kazutoshi 渡辺和敏, "Sankin kôtai to honjin" 参勤交代と本陣, ''Honjin ni tomatta daimyô tachi'', 53.</ref>