The ruins of "Toiyaba (Administration office in Edo period)"

The ruins of "Toiyaba (Administration office in Edo period)"

Mishima town flourished as the 11th post town on the "Tokaido road" that was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period in Japan, connecting Kyoto to Edo (Tokyo).
Especially in the late Edo period, the traffic increased because of the mandate that local major federal lord (Daimyo) officially traveled to Edo called "Sankin Kotai*".
The "Mishima-shuku" was a major lodging area in the Tokaido road, where "Toiyaba" was built.
The "Toiyaba" was a facility for providing workers and horses necessary for carrying people and luggage from one post town to the next, and Toiya was given the power to control the management of the post town.
Usually, there was a headquarters called "Honjin" in the center of the post town; Mishima-shuku had two headquarters.

* The Sankin Kotai is the one of the policies aimed at the federal lord control by the Tokugawa Shogunate; periodically going back and forth between their own country and Edo. Literally meaning, "Sankin" means "going to Edo, and "Kotai" means returning to the country.
Since they had to arrive at Edo from their territory by the fixed date, the roads and bridges were improved and the nationwide traffic developed greatly.
Their wives and children had to live in Edo as a hostage of the Shogunate.

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