Mito-Sakura Road - Mito Sakura Road

Japanese: 水戸･佐倉道 - みとさくらどう

A highway from the Edo period. It branches off at Senju-shuku on the Nikko Road, and further splits into the Mito Road and Sakura Road at Shinjuku. Attached to the Nikko Road, the Mito Road was under the control of the road magistrate up to Matsudo-shuku, and the Sakura Road up to Yawata-shuku. The Mito Road passes through Kanamachi, Matsudo-seki, Fujishiro, Tsuchiura, and other places before reaching Mito. The course was determined at the end of the Keicho period, and it is believed that the organization was established in parallel with the sankin-kotai system. As the highway was largely grassland, Tokugawa Mitsukuni lined it with trees in several places during the Jokyo era (1684-88) to make travel easier. It was used as a route for sankin-kotai routes for various feudal lords, including the Mito domain, and also as a deer hunting route for the shogun at Koganemaki.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代の街道。日光道中の千住宿で分岐し，さらに新宿（にいじゆく）で水戸道と佐倉道に分かれる。日光道中に付属し，水戸道は松戸宿，佐倉道は八幡宿まで道中奉行支配。水戸道は金町･松戸関，藤代，土浦などを経て水戸に至る。コースは慶長末年に画定し，組織も参勤交代制と平行して確立したと考えられている。街道は草原が多かったため，徳川光圀が貞享年中(1684‐88)に数ヵ所に並木を設け旅行の便を図っている。水戸藩など諸大名の参勤交代路として利用されたほか，小金牧における将軍の鹿狩路としても利用された。

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