Nikko Onarimichi - Nikko Onarimichi

In early modern times, this was the main road used by the Tokugawa Shogun when he made pilgrimages to Nikko. It leaves Edo Nihonbashi, separates from the Nakasendo at Hongo Oiwake, crosses the Arakawa River at Iwabuchi (Kita Ward, Tokyo), passes through the post towns of Kawaguchi (Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture), Hatogaya (Kawaguchi City), Daimon (Midori Ward, Saitama City), and Iwatsuki (Iwatsuki Ward, Saitama City), and joins the Nikko road at Satte (Satte City). Each post town accommodated 25 people and 25 horses. Iwatsuki Castle was used as the Shogun's lodging, so it is thought that this road was especially developed. It was a road under the jurisdiction of the road magistrate.

[Mitsumasa Yamamoto]

"General Register of Inns and Villages along the Nikko Onari Road" (included in Early Modern Transportation Historical Materials Collection 6, 1972, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

近世、徳川将軍が日光社参のときおもに利用した街道。江戸日本橋を出て、本郷追分で中山道(なかせんどう)と分かれ、岩淵(いわぶち)（東京都北区）から荒川を越え、川口（埼玉県川口市）、鳩ヶ谷(はとがや)（川口市）、大門（さいたま市緑区）、岩槻(いわつき)（さいたま市岩槻区）の各宿を経て幸手(さって)宿（幸手市）で日光道中に合する。各宿の宿立人馬は25人、25匹。将軍の宿所に岩槻城が利用されたので、とくにこの街道が整備されたと考えられる。道中奉行(ぶぎょう)の管轄道路。

［山本光正］

『『日光御成道宿村大概帳』（『近世交通史料集6』所収・1972・吉川弘文館）』

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