Walking Shinjuku - Kachishinshuku

Japanese: 歩行新宿 - かちしんしゅく
Walking Shinjuku - Kachishinshuku

...However, the "Innkeeper's Register" explains that few people produced anything by hand within the inn, and most of the work was done on land rent, so around the Tenpo era, the innkeepers probably rented out their land to tenant farmers. Shinagawa as a post town had a streetscape of 19 cho 40 ken (2145 m) and consisted of Kitashinagawa, Minamishinagawa, and Shinjuku. It was 2 ri (7854 m) to Edo Nihonbashi, and 2.5 ri to Kawasaki. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Walking Shinjuku" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ただ農業については《宿方明細書上帳》が,宿内で手作するものはまれで,多分に入作(いりさく)にしていたと説明しているから,天保年間ころには宿方の百姓は持地を小作に出していたものであろう。 宿場としての品川宿は,宿内町並19丁40間余(2145m余)で,北品川宿,南品川宿,歩行(かち)新宿から成っていた。江戸日本橋へ2里(7854m),川崎宿へ2里半を継ぎ送りする。…

※「歩行新宿」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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