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*''Japanese'': 伏見宿 ''(Fushimi juku)''

*''Japanese'': 伏見 ''(Fushimi)''

Fushimi-juku was the 54th [[post-station]] of the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]] highway, the first on an extension linking [[Kyoto]] with [[Osaka]]. The post-town was home to some 24,000 people at its [[Edo period]] peak, and boasted over 6200 buildings, of which four were ''[[honjin]]'', two ''[[waki-honjin]]'', and 39 ''[[hatagoya]]'' inns. The chief river port near [[Kyoto]] proper, Fushimi was a major hub of trade and travel, with numerous ''[[gozabune]]'' and 10- & 30-''[[koku]]'' ships regularly coming and going, loading and unloading cargoes of rice, firewood, charcoal, and other materials. Smaller canal boats carried people and goods up the [[Takase canal]] from Fushimi into Kyoto proper. For many western ''daimyô'', as well as for [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|Ryukyuan]] and [[Korean embassies to Edo]], Fushimi was their "gateway" to Kyoto - the final stop along a maritime and river journey before changing to travel overland into Kyoto proper, or onwards along the Tôkaidô to [[Otsu|Ôtsu]] and then to [[Edo]].

Fushimi was a riverboat port located just south of Kyoto. Though today constituting Fushimi Ward (''Fushimi-ku'') within the formal administrative boundaries of Kyoto City, it was historically a separate town. The chief river port near [[Kyoto]] proper, Fushimi was a major hub of trade and travel, with numerous ''[[gozabune]]'' and 10- & 30-''[[koku]]'' ships regularly coming and going, loading and unloading cargoes of rice, firewood, charcoal, and other materials. Smaller canal boats carried people and goods up the [[Takase canal]] from Fushimi into Kyoto proper. For many western ''daimyô'', as well as for [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo|Ryukyuan]] and [[Korean embassies to Edo]], Fushimi was their "gateway" to Kyoto - the final stop along a maritime and river journey before changing to travel overland into Kyoto proper, or onwards along the Tôkaidô to [[Otsu|Ôtsu]] and then to [[Edo]].

The town of Fushimi was under direct [[Tokugawa shogunate]] control for the duration of the Edo period. The shogunate formally declared the post-station established in [[1604]], and established a number of ''[[denma]] [[toiyaba]]'' (establishments overseeing the provision of porters and post-horses) there at that time.

 

The town of Fushimi was under direct [[Tokugawa shogunate]] control for the duration of the Edo period, overseen by a shogunate official known as the [[Fushimi bugyo|Fushimi bugyô]]. The shogunate formally declared the post-station established in [[1604]], and established a number of ''[[denma]] [[toiyaba]]'' (establishments overseeing the provision of porters and post-horses) there at that time.

 

The town is known as the location of a number of significant historical sites and events, including the [[Teradaya]] inn where several famous swordfights or incidents took place in the 1860s, and the [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]] of [[1868]]. A number of [[han|domains]] from western Japan maintained [[daimyo yashiki|mansions]] here. The town is also known for the particularly high quality of its water, leading to it being a major center of [[sake|saké]] production; the headquarters of the [[Gekkeikan]] saké corporation occupies a considerable footprint in Fushimi, and offers tours for tourists.

For a number of years after the [[Meiji Restoration]], Fushimi continued to be a major hub, with steamboats taking over from earlier paddled or rope-pulled vessels. However, with the opening of the Tokaido Line train line connecting Kyoto and [[Kobe]] in [[1877]], and then the advent of the Keihan railroad in [[1910]], the curtain closed on the rivers as the chief avenues for trade and travel.

For a number of years after the [[Meiji Restoration]], Fushimi continued to be a major hub, with steamboats taking over from earlier paddled or rope-pulled vessels. However, with the opening of the Tokaido Line train line connecting Kyoto and [[Kobe]] in [[1877]], and then the advent of the Keihan railroad in [[1910]], the curtain closed on the rivers as the chief avenues for trade and travel.