Ōmiya-shuku
Ōmiya-shuku (大宮宿, Ōmiya-shuku) was the fourth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the Ōmiya ward and Kita ward of the present-day city of Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.[1]
Ōmiya-shuku 大宮宿 | |
|---|---|
Station of the Nakasendō | |
 Keisai Eisen's print of Ōmiya-shuku, part of the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō | |
| Country | Japan |
| Prefecture | Saitama |
| Population (Tenpō era) | |
| • Total | 1,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (JST) |
History
Larger than its two neighboring post towns, Urawa-shuku and Ageo-shuku, Ōmiya-shuku was recorded to have had a population of over 1,500 people with over 300 homes during the Tenpō era.[1] It also had the largest number (nine) of secondary honjin along the Nakasendō.[1]
Neighboring post towns
- Nakasendō
- Urawa-shuku - Ōmiya-shuku - Ageo-shuku
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