Nagasaki KaidÅ
The Nagasaki national road ( Kaidō Nagasaki, Japanese长崎 街道) was in the early modern period of Japan, the main highway of the island of Kyushu, which ran from Kokura to Nagasaki, to the mid-19th century. single port of call for Chinese and Dutch ships. This was also the route which took the most rulers of the region, as part of the obligations imposed on them if they Aufwartungssystems ( sankin kotai ) moved to Edo. And also the Head of the Dutch trading post Dejima crossed the occasion of the so-called journey to the court ' on this route Kyushu. Travelers needed for the approximately 228 km (57 ri ) is usually one week.
Resting and sleeping stations
As with the other roads of Japan 've been here the average daily routes adapted rest and overnight stations ( shukuba ) furnished with tea houses, hostels, horse stables, many dealers and a place for stop - boards of the authorities. In 1705, there were between Kokura and Nagasaki total of 25 of these stations.
Western descriptions
The route and the main towns were described early on by European travelers. The first comprehensive description of the basis of the travel diaries of Faktorei conductor published Arnoldus Montanus 1669 in the " Gedenkwaerdige Gesantschappen the East India Maetschappy in't Vereenigde Nederland aen de Kaisaren van Japan" ( German 1669/70 ). A great impact achieved Engelbert Kaempfer's description further in "The History of Japan" ( 1727, German 1777-79 ), Carl Peter Thunberg's " Resa uti Europa, Africa, Asia förråttad Aren 1770-1779 " (1788, German 1792) and for the 19th century, especially Philipp Franz von Siebold " NIPPON ".