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*''Japanese'': 奥州街道 ''(Ôshû kaidô)''
The Ôshû kaidô was a major [[Edo period]] [[highway]] running north from [[Edo]] to Shirakawa 白河 in the northern province of [[Mutsu province|Mutsu]] (also known as Ôshû). Starting at [[Nihonbashi]], it split off from the [[Nikko Dochu|Nikkô Road]] at [[Utsunomiya]]. The highway's ten stations were located roughly 7.9 km apart, and had a total of 11 ''[[honjin]]'' and 11 ''waki-honjin'' between them. As of 1843, each station had an average population of 1,186 people and an average of 27 ''hatagoya''.<ref>Constantine Vaporis, "Linking the Realm: The Gokaidô Highway Network in Early Modern Japan," in Susan Alcock et al (eds.), ''Highways Byways and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World'', Wiley-Blackwell (2012), 90-105.; Gallery labels, Futagawa-juku honjin shiryôkan.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/31363644767/sizes/l/]</ref>
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The Ôshû kaidô was a major [[Edo period]] [[highway]] running north from [[Edo]] to Shirakawa 白河 in the northern province of [[Mutsu province|Mutsu]] (also known as Ôshû). Starting at [[Nihonbashi]], it split off from the [[Nikko Dochu|Nikkô Road]] at [[Utsunomiya]]. The highway's ten stations were located roughly 7.9 km apart, and had a total of 11 ''[[honjin]]'' and 11 ''waki-honjin'' between them. As of 1843, each station had an average population of 1,186 people and an average of 27 ''hatagoya''.<ref>Constantine Vaporis, "Linking the Realm: The Gokaidô Highway Network in Early Modern Japan," in Susan Alcock et al (eds.), ''Highways Byways and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World'', Wiley-Blackwell (2012), 90-105.; Gallery labels, Futagawa-juku honjin shiryôkan.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/31363644767/sizes/l/]</ref>
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