During the Edo period, Narumi was one terminus of the [[Chosenjin kaido|Chôsenjin kaidô]], the elite route connecting [[Otsu|Ôtsu]] and Narumi, the use of which was restricted to [[Korean embassies to Edo]] and the shogun himself.<ref>Nam-Lin Hur, "A Korean Envoy Encounters Tokugawa Japan: Shin Yuhan and the Korean Embassy of 1719," Bunmei 21 no. 4 (Aichi University, 2000), 71-72n3.; Toby, Ronald. “Carnival of the Aliens: Korean Embassies in Edo-Period Art and Popular Culture.” Monumenta Nipponica 41:4 (Winter 1986). pp 420-421n.</ref> | During the Edo period, Narumi was one terminus of the [[Chosenjin kaido|Chôsenjin kaidô]], the elite route connecting [[Otsu|Ôtsu]] and Narumi, the use of which was restricted to [[Korean embassies to Edo]] and the shogun himself.<ref>Nam-Lin Hur, "A Korean Envoy Encounters Tokugawa Japan: Shin Yuhan and the Korean Embassy of 1719," Bunmei 21 no. 4 (Aichi University, 2000), 71-72n3.; Toby, Ronald. “Carnival of the Aliens: Korean Embassies in Edo-Period Art and Popular Culture.” Monumenta Nipponica 41:4 (Winter 1986). pp 420-421n.</ref> |