Moriyama-juku

Hiroshige's print of Moriyama-juku, part of the The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series

Enryaku-ji

Moriyama-juku (守山宿, Moriyama-juku) was the sixty-seventh of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

History

This area received its name, which means "protector of mountain," from its placement at the eastern gate of Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei.^[1] Essentially, the area is supposed to "protect the mountain." It originally flourished as the first place of lodging along the Nakasendō, but it continued to flourish as other post towns were added.

In 1843, the post station had 1,700 residents and 415 buildings. Among the buildings, there were two honjin, one sub-honjin, and 30 hatago.

Neighboring Post Towns

Nakasendō: Musa-juku - Moriyama-juku - Kusatsu-juku

References

Media related to Moriyama-juku at Wikimedia Commons

↑ Moriyama-juku. Edo Rekishi Kairou Suishinkyou Gikai. Accessed July 20, 2007.

Stations of the Nakasendō

Musashi	Nihonbashi Itabashi Warabi Urawa Ōmiya Ageo Okegawa Kōnosu Fukiage (ai no shuku) Kumagai Fukaya Honjō

Kōzuke	Shinmachi Kuragano (intersects with Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō) Takasaki Itahana Annaka Matsuida Sakamoto

Shinano	Karuisawa Kutsukake Oiwake Otai Iwamurada Shionada Yawata Mochizuki Motai (ai no shuku) Ashida Nagakubo Wada Shimosuwa (intersects with Kōshū Kaidō) Shiojiri (intersects with Shio no Michi) Seba Motoyama Niekawa Narai Yabuhara Miyanokoshi Fukushima Agematsu Suhara Nojiri Midono Tsumago

Mino	Magome Ochiai Nakatsugawa Ōi Ōkute Hosokute Mitake Fushimi Ōta Unuma Shinkanō (ai no shuku) Kanō Gōdo Mieji Akasaka Tarui Sekigahara Imasu

Ōmi	Kashiwabara Samegai Banba Toriimoto Takamiya Echigawa Musa Moriyama (merges with Tōkaidō to Sanjō Ōhashi) Kusatsu Ōtsu

Yamashiro	Sanjō Ōhashi

Coordinates: 35°03′20.6″N 135°59′33.4″E / 35.055722°N 135.992611°E / 35.055722; 135.992611

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