Miya-juku

 ( Stations Of The Tōkaidō ) 

Miya-juku was the forty-first of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in former Owari Province in what is now part of the Atsuta-ku section of the city of Nagoya, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was six km from Narumi-juku, the preceding shukuba. Tokaido 53: Miya-juku (Nagoya) . Tōkaidō no Tabi. Accessed March 7, 2008.

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History In addition to being a post station on the Tōkaidō, Miya-juku was also part of the Minoji (a minor route which runs to Tarui-juku on the Nakasendō) and the Saya Kaidō. As a result, it had the most hatago of any post station along the Tōkaidō, with two honjin, one wakihonjin and 248 lesser inns.

The classic ukiyo-e print by Andō Hiroshige ( Hōeidō edition) from 1831 to 1834 depicts two gangs of men dragging a portable shrine cart (not shown) past a huge torii gate. The torii gate is the symbol of a Shinto shrine, and the name of "Miya" also means a "Shinto shrine". The shrine in question is the famous Atsuta Shrine, one of the most famous in Japan and a popular pilgrimage destination in the Edo period. The area is now part of downtown Nagoya metropolis.

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Neighboring post towns

Tōkaidō

Narumi-juku - Miya-juku - Kuwana-juku

Saya Kaidō

Miya-juku (starting location) - Iwazuka-juku

Minoji

Miya-juku (starting location) - Nagoya-juku

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Further reading

• Carey, Patrick. Rediscovering the Old Tokaido:In the Footsteps of Hiroshige. Global Books UK (2000).
• Chiba, Reiko. Hiroshige's Tokaido in Prints and Poetry. Tuttle. (1982)
• Taganau, Jilly. The Tokaido Road: Travelling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan. RoutledgeCurzon (2004).

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