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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), 78.</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.<ref>The number of ''hatagoya'' operating in the town ranged from as few as twenty in [[1776]] to as many as 40 in [[1729]]. Gallery labels, Futagawa-juku honjin shiryôkan.[flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/31363571667/sizes/k/]</ref> 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>

Following the [[Meiji Restoration]] and the end of the ''shukuba'' system, the town shifted to become dominated by the [[silk]] industry, with the Itotoku Company, founded by Obuchi Shichi of the neighboring town of Ôiwa finding success with a ''tamaito seishi'' (dupion filature) technique which used multiple cocoons at once; many silk mills were established in and around Futagawa at that time. None are still in operation today.<ref>Plaques at Futagawa-juku.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/32430615288/sizes/k/]</ref>

Following the [[Meiji Restoration]] and the end of the ''shukuba'' system, the town shifted to become dominated by the [[silk]] industry, with the Itotoku Company, founded by Obuchi Shichi of the neighboring town of Ôiwa finding success with a ''tamaito seishi'' (dupion filature) technique which used multiple cocoons at once; many silk mills were established in and around Futagawa at that time. None are still in operation today.<ref>Plaques at Futagawa-juku.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/32430615288/sizes/k/]</ref>