Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka

Shimizu-ku (清水区, Shimizu-ku) is one of three wards of the city of Shizuoka.

The municipality was "Shimizu City" until it merged with Shizuoka in 2005.^[1]

History

Kanbara — ukiyo-e woodblock print by Hiroshige, circa 1830s

Yui by Hiroshige, circa 1830s

Okitsu by Hiroshige, circa 1830s

Ejiri by Hiroshige, circa 1830s

Shimizu developed around its good natural harbor.^[1]

In the Edo period, Kanbara (蒲原, Kanbara-juku), Yui (由井, Yui-shuku), Okitsu (興津, Okitsu-juku) and Ejiri (江尻, Ejiri-juku) were the 15-18th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto. These four way-stations were in the area of modern Shimizu.^[2]

Geography

Shimizu is located on the coast of Suruga Bay of the Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Related pages

The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Shimizu," Encyuclopedia Britannica; retrieved 2012-9-26.
↑ Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.

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[britannica-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Shimizu," Encyuclopedia Britannica; retrieved 2012-9-26.

[2] Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.

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