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Ichirizuka

Ichirizuka at Tarui-juku, one of the 69 Stations of the Nakasendō; only one of the two mounds survives, to a height of 4.7 metres (15 ft); designated a national Historic Site[1]
Ichirizuka at Shōno-juku, one of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō; woodblock print by Hiroshige, c. 1842, from an alternative series of The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Kyōkairi Tōkaidō or Sanoki edition);[2] the mound is explicitly labelled ichirizuka in a later print by Hiroshige II ([1])

Ichirizuka (一里塚) are historic Japanese distance markers akin to milestones. Comprising a pair of earthen mounds (tsuka or zuka) covered in trees and flanking the road, they denoted the distance in ri (3.927 kilometres (2.440 mi)) to Nihonbashi, the "Bridge of Japan", erected in Edo in 1603.[3] Ichirizuka were encountered and described by Engelbert Kaempfer, c.1690: "serving as a milestone are two hills, facing each other, which are raised up on both sides of the road, and planted with one or more trees."[4][note 1]

  1. ^ "垂井一里塚" [Tarui Ichirizuka]. Gifu Prefecture. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Shöno (Station #46)". Honolulu Museum of Art. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nenzi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "History of Japanese Roads". Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original on 24 April 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2012.


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