Upper road, middle road, lower road - Upper road, middle road, lower road

Japanese: 上ッ道･中ッ道･下ッ道 - かみつみちなかつみちしもつみち

An ancient straight road that runs north to south across the Yamato Basin. The names of these three roads appear in the description of the Jinshin War (672) in the Nihon Shoki, making it clear that they already existed at that time. As far as can be confirmed today, the northern end of Shitamichi is on the southern slope of the Narayama Hills, within Heijo Palace, and the southern end is where the main axis of Misemaruyama Kofun (a huge keyhole-shaped tumulus from the early to mid-6th century that spans Kashihara City's Oikaru-cho, Mise-cho, and Gojono-cho) intersects with the line of the outer moat. Excavations have uncovered Shitamichi in two locations within Heijo Palace, one within Heijo-kyo, and one outside Heijo-kyo.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

大和盆地を南北に縦走する直線の古道。これら3道の名称は，《日本書紀》の壬申の乱(672)の記述中にみえ，当時すでに存在していたことが明らかである。現在確認できるところでは，下ッ道の北端は，奈良山丘陵の南斜面で平城宮内であり，南端は，見瀬丸山古墳(橿原市大軽町，見瀬町，五条野町にまたがる6世紀前半から中ごろの巨大な前方後円墳)の主軸線が外濠の線と交わるあたり。下ッ道は，発掘調査により，平城宮内で2ヵ所，平城京内で1ヵ所，平城京外で1ヵ所検出されている。

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