Oiwake (Tokyo) - Oiwake

Japanese: 追分(東京) - おいわけ
Oiwake (Tokyo) - Oiwake

…This is a new post station established in 1698 (Genroku 11) at the request of Kihei, the headman of Abegawa-cho, Asakusa, Edo, and four others. At Oiwake, on the outskirts of the post station, it branches off from the Ome Kaido and serves as the first post station on both routes. It is two ri (less than 8 km) away from Edo Nihonbashi, and two ri away from the next post station to the west, Shimotakaido on the Koshu Do, and 20 cho (more than 2 km) away from Nakanomura on the Ome Kaido. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Oiwake (Tokyo)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸浅草阿部川町の名主喜兵衛ほか4人の出願によって1698年(元禄11)に置かれた新しい宿駅である。宿はずれの追分(おいわけ)で青梅街道を分岐し,両者の第1宿を兼ねる。江戸日本橋まで2里(8km足らず),西の次の宿へは甲州道中の下高井戸宿まで2里,青梅街道の中野村まで20丁(2km余)である。…

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