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Though it is commonly cited that wheeled carts were banned from the roads of Tokugawa Japan, there is no documentary evidence for such a statute. That said, it is known that carts only appeared on certain sections of road and in certain cities. If there was such a ban, it would have served to protect the roads from the ruts and other damage created by wheels, to prevent blockage of the road resulting from spills and the like, and to protect the livelihoods of packhorse operators, who may have petitioned or otherwise voiced their desire for such a ban.<ref name=linking/>
Though it is commonly cited that wheeled carts were banned from the roads of Tokugawa Japan, there is no documentary evidence for such a statute. That said, it is known that carts only appeared on certain sections of road and in certain cities. If there was such a ban, it would have served to protect the roads from the ruts and other damage created by wheels, to prevent blockage of the road resulting from spills and the like, and to protect the livelihoods of packhorse operators, who may have petitioned or otherwise voiced their desire for such a ban.<ref name=linking/>
''Ukiyo-e'' artists [[Hokusai]] and [[Hiroshige]] produced extensive and highly popular series of woodblock prints in the 1830s, depicting landscape scenes along the Tôkaidô. This contributed notably to an already vibrant popularity of travel and travel culture, and of "famous places" (''[[meisho]]''), and thus a sense of "Japanese" "national" identity. These series, along with Hokusai's "36 Views of Mt. Fuji," are today among the most famous and popular pieces in all of Japanese art. Travel along the road was also the theme of numerous poems and books, including perhaps most famously [[Jippensha Ikku|Jippensha Ikku's]] ''[[Tokaido dochu hizakurige|Tôkaidô dôchû hizakurige]]'' ("The Shank's Mare").
===53 Stations of the Tôkaidô===
[[File:Kusatsu-junction.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Replica, at the National Museum of Japanese History, of a lantern erected at [[Kusatsu]] in [[1816]]. The inscription reads, roughly, "To the left, the [[Nakasendo|Nakasendô]] and [[Mino Road]]; to the right, the Tôkaidô and the road to [[Ise]]"]]
*[[Nihonbashi]] (Edo)
#[[Shinagawa]] (Edo)
#[[Kawasaki]]
#[[Kanagawa-juku]]
#[[Hodogaya]]
#[[Totsuka]]
#[[Fujisawa]]
#[[Hiratsuka]]
#[[Oiso|Ôiso]]
#[[Odawara-juku]]
#[[Hakone]]
#[[Mishima-juku]]
#[[Numazu]]
#[[Hara-juku]]
#[[Yoshiwara-juku]]
#[[Kanbara]]
#[[Yui]]
#[[Okitsu]]
#[[Ejiri]]
#[[Fuchu-juku|Fuchû-juku]]
#[[Mariko]]
#[[Okabe-juku]]
#[[Fujieda]]
#[[Shimada-juku]]
#[[Kanaya]]
#[[Nissaka]]
#[[Kakegawa]]
#[[Fukuroi]]
#[[Mitsuke-juku]]
#[[Hamamatsu]]
#[[Maisaka]]
#[[Arai-juku]]
#[[Shirasuka]]
#[[Futagawa-juku]]
#[[Yoshida-juku]]
#[[Goyu]]
#[[Akasaka-juku]]
#[[Fujikawa]]
#[[Okazaki-juku]]
#[[Chiryu|Chiryû]]
#[[Narumi]]
#[[Miya-juku]] (at [[Atsuta Shrine]], [[Nagoya]]; Tôkaidô connects with [[Mino Road]] here)
#[[Kuwana]]
#[[Yokkaichi]]
#[[Ishiyakushi-juku]]
#[[Shono-juku|Shôno-juku]]
#[[Kameyama]]
#[[Seki-juku]]
#[[Sakashita-juku]]
#[[Tsuchiyama-juku]]
#[[Mizoguchi-juku]]
#[[Ishibe-juku]]
#[[Kusatsu-juku]] (also a station on the [[Nakasendo|Nakasendô]])
#[[Otsu|Ôtsu]] (also a station on the Nakasendô)
*Kyô (Sanjô Ôhashi in Kyoto)
==Modern Period==
The Tôkaidô Main Line, linking Kyoto and Tokyo by rail, opened in [[1889]].
==References==
==References==
*''Rekishi no michi Tôkaidô'' 歴史の道～東海道～, Toyohashi City Museum & Art Museum (2001).
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