A travel guide exploring the Tokaido from a historical perspective. - Title: Walking the Tokaido - Author: Takashige Honda - Publisher: Shirakawa Publishing - Price: 2500 yen - ISBN: 978-4-642-07972-3 (Seller's Comments) This is a used item, so please refrain from purchasing if you are concerned about scratches, etc. I bought this as a reference book for the once-a-year qualification exam for tour conductors specializing in the 53 stations of the Tokaido. I finally passed the exam, so I am selling it on Mercari. [Features of this book] The Tokaido, vividly depicted by travelers of the Edo period, such as Jippensha Ikku's "Tokaidochuhizakurige" and Utagawa Hiroshige's "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido." Visiting the original landscapes, this book completely covers all the post towns from Edo Nihonbashi to Kyoto Sanjo Ohashi. It includes maps and abundant photos for each post station. Learn about the historical sites and history remaining on the Tokaido, the major artery of east-west transportation connecting Edo and Kamigata (Kyoto and Osaka area). The perfect guide for traveling the Tokaido. [Table of Contents] About Walking the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Location of the Tokaido / Structure of this book) / I = The Tokaido in the Early Modern Period (Establishment of Post Stations in the Early Modern Period <Denma Shuinjo and Denma Sadasho / Duties of Post Stations / Post Station Officials / Ichirizuka and Pine Tree-lined Avenues> / Prerequisites for the Early Modern Tokaido <The Daimyo's Denma System in the Warring States Period / The Tokugawa Clan and the Hojo Clan / Transportation System under the Toyotomi Regime / The Tokugawa Clan's Territory in the Kanto Region> / Transportation Policy of the Kanei Era <The Shogun and the Retired Shogun's Journey to Kyoto / Sankin-kotai and Honjin / Establishment of the Sukemaze System / Regulations for Passing Through Checkpoints / Significance of Establishing the Early Modern Tokaido>) / II = Walking the Tokaido (From Musashi to Sagami <Nihonbashi / Shinagawa / Kawasaki / Kanagawa / Hodogaya / Totsuka / Fujisawa / Hiratsuka / Oiso / To the Sakawa River / Odawara / From Yumoto to Hatashuku / Hakone> Details omitted below / From Here to Suruga Road / The Road of Enshunada / Going Through Mikawa Road / From Owari to Ise / Via Omi Road to Kyoto)