Sado Bugyo Kaido

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Sado Bugyo Kaido 佐渡奉行街道 Road for the Governor of Sado Island
Sado Kaido 佐渡街道 Sado Highway
From 本庄 Honjo 埼玉県 Saitama (Nakasendo) to 渋川 Shibukawa, 群馬県 Gunma (Mikuni Kaido).

. Sadogashima 佐渡島 Sado Island - Niigata .
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- Postal stations along the Sado Bugyo Kaido
- - - - - 埼玉県 Saitama
Honjo, Honjō 本庄宿 - Saitama, at the 中山道 Nakasendo
金久保村 Kanakubo village - Saitama, departing from the Nakasendo
Fujiki no Watashi 藤木渡し / 藤木の渡し（烏川 Karasugawa River ）
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Tsunobuchi village 角渕村
Tamamura 玉村宿 - linking to the Nikko Reiheishi Kaido 日光例幣使街道
Soja 総社宿 (Maebashi city 前橋市)
Okubo 大久保宿 - Linking to the Ikaho Kaido 伊香保街道 / Ikaho michi 伊香保道
Yagihara 八木原宿
Shibukawa 渋川宿 - at the 三国街道 Mikuni Kaido

. Nakasendoo　中山道 Nakasendo Highway / Kiso Kaido 木曾街道 .

. Nikko Reiheishi Kaido　日光例幣使街道 for Imperial Messengers .

. Mikuni Kaidō 三国街道 / 三國街道 Mikuni Highway .

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Honjo - by Keisai Eisen

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Honjō-shuku (本庄宿, Honjō-shuku)
It was the largest of the stations in terms of population and number of buildings.
- History
Honjō was the site of Honjō Castle, the stronghold of the Honjō clan since the Kamakura period. The Honjō were destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1590, and the territory came under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who established in 10,000 koku Honjō Domain, which was ruled by the Ogasawara clan from 1698 to 1612. A honjin was built near the site of the old castle in the northern part of the castle town, which quickly redeveloped itself into a shukuba. Due to the number of travelers, a second honjin was built at the opposite end of town in 1792.
Per an 1843 guidebook issued by the Inspector of Highways (道中奉行, Dōchu-būgyō), the town stretched for about 1.9 kilometers along the highway, with a population of 4554, with 1212 shops. The town boasted two very large scale honjin, two waki-honjin, 475 hatago, as well as 54 establishments whose attraction was primarily meshimori onna.
Honjō-shuku was approximately 22 ri from the starting point of the Nakasendō at Nihonbashi, and was the last stop in Musashi Province.
Very little evidence of the shukuba remains in the modern city of Honjō, but the gate of the first honjin, the Tamura Honjin, remains. On the site of the honjin itself, a police station was built in 1883 in the western-style of architecture of the Meiji period. This too has been preserved as a local history museum.
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Shibukawa city 渋川市
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Shibukawa is in the northern extremity of the Kantō plains of central Gunma Prefecture, encompassing the juncture of the Tone River and Agatsuma River...
Shibukawa is at a central point (36°29′N, 139°00′E) of the Japanese archipelago and is thus known as the Bellybutton of Japan (日本のおへそ, nihon no oheso).
- History
During the Edo period, the area of present-day Shibukawa prospered from its location on the Mikuni Kaidō highway connecting Takasaki with Niigata.
Post stations within the borders of modern Shibukawa were Shibukawa-shuku, Kanai-shuku, Kitamoku-shuku and Yokobori-shuku.
Modern Shibukawa town was created in Nishigunma District, Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889 ...
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Shibukawa Kaido 渋川街道 Shibukawa Highway

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Ikaho Kaido 伊香保街道 Ikaho Highway
and the Ikaho sekisho 伊香保関所 Ikaho checkpoint, barrier
Mizusawa 水沢伊香保街道 Ikaho Kaido

From 高崎 Takasaki to 伊香保 Ikaho

- Postal stations along the Ikaho Kaido
Okubo 大久保宿
Noda 野田宿
Kashiwagi 柏木宿

. Takasaki City and Daruma 高崎達磨 .

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Ikaho Jinja 伊香保神社 Ikaho Shrine

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Ikaho Hot Spring
located near Takasaki in Gunma Prefecture.
The famous Ikaho Stone Steps
in the center of town lead up to the top of the main hill, and are lined with many souvenir shops and restaurants. There is also a free foot bath (ashiyu) hot spring outside Kishigon Ryokan, which is about half way up.
At the top is Ikaho Shrine, a nice little shrine that was founded over 1000 years ago.
Ikaho sekisho 伊香保関所 Ikaho checkpoint, barrier
Ikaho Sekisho at the bottom was a former checkpoint in the Edo Period, and is free to enter. The gate has been recreated and there is a little display inside explaining a bit about Ikaho's history and traditional Japanese uniforms and clothing.
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source and more photos : ikahosekisyo...

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There is also the
Mizusawa Udon Kaido 水沢うどん街道 Mizusawa Road to eat Udon noodles

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Mizusawa Udon
Gunma Prefecture is a major production area for quality wheat.
Tasty udon noodles can be enjoyed anywhere in Gunma. Mizusawa udon is famous as one of the three most delicious udon in Japan. Made only from pure water, quality flour, and specially selected salt, it is firm, somewhat thick, and semi-transparent, providing it a unique character. It is generally served cold with dipping soup.
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Sado bugyō (佐渡奉行) Sado Governor
were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate responsible for administration of the mining operations at Sado.
Sado island is the sixth largest in the Japanese archipelago. It is located in the Sea of Japan off the west coast of Echigo Province in northwest Honshu. For much of its pre-modern history, exiles were banished to the island. The island was noted for its deposits of gold and silver since at least the 12th century; however, intensive mining operations did not begin until the opening of the Aikawa Mine in 1601.
This same year,
Sado was placed during the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, and in 1603 Ōkubo Nagayasu was appointed the first "commissioner". The title was officially Sado daikan until 1618, and bugyō afterwards. The post was occupied by hatamoto assisted by a staff of up to a hundred yoriki and dōshin constables.
The mines at Sado
were worked vigorously; and were a major source of revenue for the early Tokugawa shogunate, producing approximately 100 tons of gold and silver from 1616 to 1627; however, by the 1730s the deposits were largely exhausted and production was less than a ton of silver until the mid-18th century. The post of Sado bugyō was abolished with the Meiji restoration.
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Residence of the Sado Bugyo 佐渡奉行所跡

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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佐渡市 Sado city

. Dansaburo 団三郎 The Tanuki from Sado .
Tonchibo トンチボ, Tonchiboo トンチボウ Tanuki from Sado
Tonchibo is also a local name for the Deity of the Forest, Yama no Kami 山の神, and thus a taboo word for the local fisherman.

When farmers walk along a road while drunk with sake, the Tonchibo とんちぼ / 頓智坊 likes to surprize them and make them fall into water puddles.
He likes to play his tricks on people, so they take a radio and matches to make fire when entering the forest to work there.
Lately this animal does not find enough food in the forest and comes out to check the fields of farmers too. It is quite a nuisance.
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In 1601 the Sago Bugyo 大久保石見守 Okubo Iwami no Kami built an office in 相川 Aikawa.
He had brought some Tanuki with him from his former domain, 石見の国Iwami no Kuni.
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Around 1660, there was an man named 中沢 Nakazawa at the Sado Governor's office.
In the evening he was very drunk and passed a rock where Dansaburo used to lurk. It was dark and Nakazawa lost his way near 二ツ岩 Futatsuiwa. So he asked Dansaburo to bring him a lantern. A lantern on a stick appeared and it became light as day. A strange person appeared and asked to be venerated like a boss. So Nakazawa stopped working at the Government office.
He built a Shrine for Dansaburo and venerated him there, becoming a Shinto priest himself.
Futatsuiwa Daimyojin 二ツ岩大明神

Dankuro the Fox and Sankichi the Tanuki 団九郎，三吉 from Sado 佐渡
. Sankin Kotai 参勤交代 Daimyo attendance in Edo .

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

. Edo, Tokyo　江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .

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. Jomo karuta game 上毛かるた .

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佐渡奉行所あとの広場のクローバー
Sado bugyoosho ato no hiroba no kurooba

clover grows
at the open space at the former
Sado Governor's office

富田直治 Tomita Naoji

. kuroobaa クローバー clover, Klee .
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2/18/2020

Sado Bugyo Kaido

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