Nikko Reihei-kaido Road

Japanese: 日光例幣使街道 - にっこうれいへいしかいどう

During the Edo period, this was the road traveled by the Nikko Reiheishi. It is also simply called the Reiheishi Kaido. At Kuragano in Kozuke Province, it branched off from the Nakasen Road to the east, passed through Tamamura and Goryo, crossed the Tone River, passed through Shiba, Kizaki, and Ota, and entered Shimotsuke Province. It went east through Yagi, Yanada, Tenmyo, Inubushi, and Tomida, then went north through Tochigi, Kassenba, and Kanasaki, and joined the Mibu Road at Niregi (present-day Kanuma City). From here, it passed through Mibu Road and the Nikko Dochu before reaching Nikko, but in a broader sense, the Nikko Reiheishi Kaido was considered to extend to Imaichi on the Nikko Dochu. In 1646, the Imperial Court dispatched a messenger to the Toshogu Shrine Grand Festival on the anniversary of Tokugawa Ieyasu's death (April 17th), and the following year, this became a tradition, with a group of messengers passing through this road. In 1764, the road came under the jurisdiction of the road magistrate. From Imaichi, the road further connected to the Aizu Nishi Kaido, and it also served as a route for the distribution of goods between the Aizu region and Edo.
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Japanese:

江戸時代，日光例幣使が通行した街道。たんに例幣使街道ともいう。上野国の倉賀野(くらがの)宿で中山(なかせん)道から東に分岐，玉村・五料(ごりょう)を経て利根川を渡り，柴(しば)・木崎(きざき)・太田を過ぎ下野国に入る。八木・梁田(やなだ)・天明(てんみょう)・犬伏(いぬぶし)・富田(とみだ)と東進したのち，栃木・合戦場(かっせんば)・金崎(かなさき)と北上，楡木(にれぎ)宿（現鹿沼市）で壬生(みぶ)通に合する。この先は壬生通・日光道中を経て日光に達したが，広義には日光道中今市(いまいち)宿までが日光例幣使街道とされた。1646年，徳川家康忌日（４月17日）の東照宮大祭に朝廷から奉幣使が派遣されたが，翌年からこれが恒例となり，当街道を奉幣使一行が通行することとなった。1764年に道中奉行の管轄下となる。当街道は今市からさらに会津西街道につながり，会津地方と江戸を結ぶ商品流通路としての性格も有した。
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