Tomida Ichirizuka

The Tomida ichirizuka (富田一里塚) is a pair of Japanese distance markers akin to a milestone, consisting of two earthen mounds flanking the route of the old Tōkaidō highway located in what is now part of the city of Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture in the Tōkai region of Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1937.[1]

Tomida ichirizuka
富田一里塚
Tomida ichirizuka
Tomida Ichirizuka (Japan)
LocationIchinomiya, Aichi, Japan
RegionTōkai region
Coordinates35°17′45″N 136°44′30″E
History
PeriodsEdo period
Site notes
OwnershipNational Historic Site
Public accessYes

Overview

During the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate established ichirizuka on major roads, enabling calculation both of distance travelled and of the charge for transportation by kago or palanquin.[2] These mounds, denoted the distance in ri (3.927 kilometres (2.440 mi)) to Nihonbashi, the "Bridge of Japan", erected in Edo in 1603.[3]

In the case of the Tomida ichirizuka, the mounds flank the Minoji, a 60 km (37 mi) a secondary route, ranked below the Edo Five Routes in importance, which connected Miya-juku on the Tōkaidō with Tarui-juku on the Nakasendō.[4] This ichirizuka is the only one of thirteen which once existed on this route where both of the pair of mounds have survived. Both mounds are 1.8 meters in height and 9.2 meters in diameter, and planted with enoki trees.

The site is 15 minutes on foot from Meitetsu-Ichinomiya Station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line.

See also

References
  1. "富田一里塚" [Tomida Ichirizuka] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.
  2. "Tokyo Cultural Properties Database: Nishigahara Ichirizuka". Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  3. Nenzi, Laura (2008). Excursions in Identity: Travel and the Intersection of Place, Gender, and Status in Edo Japan. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 21–22. ISBN 978-0-824-83117-2.
  4. Hiroshige - Kisokaido Road Archived 2007-12-07 at the Wayback Machine. Hiroshige.org. Accessed December 8, 2007.
Ichinomiya city site
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