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| *''Japanese'': 箱根 ''(Hakone)'' | | *''Japanese'': 箱根 ''(Hakone)'' |
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− | Hakone is a mountain town in [[Kanagawa prefecture]], famous for its [[onsen]] (hot springs), and for its [[Edo period]] ''[[sekisho]]'' (highway checkpoint). The checkpoint at Hakone, established in [[1619]], was one of the largest in the realm, and was considered a vital element of the security of the western entrance to the [[Kanto|Kantô]] region. | + | Hakone is a mountain town in [[Kanagawa prefecture]], famous for its [[onsen]] (hot springs), and for its [[Edo period]] ''[[sekisho]]'' (highway checkpoint). The checkpoint at Hakone, established in [[1619]], was one of the largest in the realm, and was considered a vital element of the security of the western entrance to the [[Kanto|Kantô]] region. Located at an elevation of 725 meters above sea level, Hakone was the highest [[shukuba|post-station]] along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]].<ref>Gallery labels, National Museum of Korea.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/41550129501/in/photostream/]</ref> |
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− | One of the larger [[shukuba|post-stations]] along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]], Hakone was home to six ''[[honjin]]''.<ref>Miyamoto Tsuneichi 宮本常一, ''Nihon no shuku'' 日本の宿, Tokyo: Shakai shisôsha (1965), 167.</ref> | + | One of the larger post-stations, Hakone was home to six ''[[honjin]]''.<ref>Miyamoto Tsuneichi 宮本常一, ''Nihon no shuku'' 日本の宿, Tokyo: Shakai shisôsha (1965), 167.</ref> In 1922, the checkpoint was designated a National Historical Property.<ref>Lee Jeong Mi, "Cultural Expressions of Tokugawa Japan and Choson Korea: An Analysis of the Korean Embassies in the Eighteenth Century," PhD dissertation, University of Toronto (2008), 161.</ref> |
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| |width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Mishima-juku]]''' | | |width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Mishima-juku]]''' |
| |width="35%"|'''Stations of the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]]''' | | |width="35%"|'''Stations of the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]]''' |
− | |width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Odawara|Odawara-juku]]''' | + | |width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Odawara-juku]]''' |
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