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Ōkute-juku
Pre-modern Japan post-station along highway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ōkute-juku (大湫宿, Ōkute-juku) was the forty-seventh of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It is located in former Mino Province in what is now part of the city of Mizunami, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Alternative kanji for the post town are 大久手.[1]
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Ōkute-juku 大湫宿 | |||||
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post station | |||||
![]() Hiroshige's print of Ōkute-juku, part of the Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series | |||||
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Location | Mizunami, Gifu (former Mino Province) Japan | ||||
Coordinates | 35°26′01.9″N 137°17′42.3″E | ||||
Elevation | 512 meters | ||||
Line(s) | Nakasendō | ||||
Distance | 358.7 km from Edo | ||||
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