Fujisawa

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  • Japanese: 藤沢市 (Fujisawa-shi)

Fujisawa is a city in Kanagawa prefecture (formerly Sagami province), located on the coast south of Kamakura; the sacred island of Enoshima lies just off the coast. In the Edo period, the area was home to Fujisawa-juku, of the fifty-three post-stations (shukuba) of the Tôkaidô Highway.

The major Kamakura temple Gokuraku-ji (Kamakura) was originally established in Fujisawa in 1113, before being moved to its current location in Kamakura in 1259.[1]

At its peak in 1798, Fujisawa-juku was home to some 808 residences, housing 3,380 people. This included a few tens of meshimori onna or other types of prostitutes.[2]

Preceded by:
Totsuka
Stations of the Tôkaidô Succeeded by:
Hiratsuka

References

  1. Plaques on-site at Gokuraku-ji, Kamakura.
  2. Bezaisen to santo 「弁才船と三都」、Asahi hyakka Nihon rekishi 62, p7-46.