Station system

Japanese: 駅制 - えきせい

Transportation system under the Ritsuryo system: Post houses were set up every 30 ri (about 16 km) on various roads, and post horses were provided for official use by government officials. Station officials were assigned to the stations, and station workers were requisitioned from the stations to raise the post horses and cultivate the station fields. This system declined with the decline of the Ritsuryo system. After the Kamakura period, inns were established, and in the Edo period, post towns developed around the highways.

Source: Obunsha Japanese History Dictionary, Third Edition About Obunsha Japanese History Dictionary, Third Edition

Japanese:

律令制下の交通制度
諸道30里（約16㎞）ごとに駅家を置き，駅馬を配備して官人の公用に供した。駅には駅戸 (えきこ) が配置され，駅戸から徴発された駅子 (えきし) が駅馬の飼養と駅田の耕作にあたった。律令制の衰退につれて衰微した。鎌倉時代以後になると宿が発生，江戸時代には街道を中心に宿場町が発達した。

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