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*''Japanese'': 朝鮮人街道 ''(Chousenjin kaidou)''
The ''Chôsenjin kaidô'', or "Koreans' Highway," was the route taken by [[Korean embassies to Edo]] from [[Otsu|Ôtsu]] to [[Narumi]]. Not a set single highway, like the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]], it was a route which made use of various roads, bypassing the Tôkaidô and passing through or past a number of towns not along the Tôkaidô, including [[Hikone]], [[Ogaki|Ôgaki]], and [[Nagoya]]. Though an informal name, the term ''Chôsenjin kaidô'' began to appear on official [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]]-sponsored maps in the early 19th century.
Much of the envoys' journey from Korea to Osaka and Kyoto was by boat; after entering Kyoto on land, the envoys' traveled the ''Chôsenjin kaidô'' from Ôtsu to Narumi, and then from [[Atsuta]] to [[Edo]] traveled the Tôkaidô.
==References==
*Toby, Ronald. “Carnival of the Aliens: Korean Embassies in Edo-Period Art and Popular Culture.” ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 41:4 (Winter 1986). pp 420-421n.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Geographic Locations]]
The ''Chôsenjin kaidô'', or "Koreans' Highway," was the route taken by [[Korean embassies to Edo]] from [[Otsu|Ôtsu]] to [[Narumi]]. Not a set single highway, like the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]], it was a route which made use of various roads, bypassing the Tôkaidô and passing through or past a number of towns not along the Tôkaidô, including [[Hikone]], [[Ogaki|Ôgaki]], and [[Nagoya]]. Though an informal name, the term ''Chôsenjin kaidô'' began to appear on official [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]]-sponsored maps in the early 19th century.
Much of the envoys' journey from Korea to Osaka and Kyoto was by boat; after entering Kyoto on land, the envoys' traveled the ''Chôsenjin kaidô'' from Ôtsu to Narumi, and then from [[Atsuta]] to [[Edo]] traveled the Tôkaidô.
==References==
*Toby, Ronald. “Carnival of the Aliens: Korean Embassies in Edo-Period Art and Popular Culture.” ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 41:4 (Winter 1986). pp 420-421n.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Geographic Locations]]
