Seki-juku (Tōkaidō)
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Seki-juku was the forty-seventh of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in former Ise Province in what is now the Seki neighborhood of
Hiroshige's print of Seki-juku, part of the Hōeidō edition The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō series
Seki-juku
Historic Preservation Area of Seki-juku
Aizu-ya shop in Seki-juku
Sankin-kōtai
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Sankin-kōtai was a policy of the Tokugawa shogunate during most of the Edo period, created to control the daimyo, the feudal lords of Japan, politically, and to keep them from attempting to overthrow
"En masse Attendance of Daimyo at Edo Castle on a Festive Day" from the Tokugawa Seiseiroku, National Museum of Japanese History
Sightseers and merchants gazing at an entourage (sixth panel) from "Folding Screen Depicting Scenes of the Attendance of Daimyōs at Edo Castle", National Museum of Japanese History