was the fortieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in former Owari Province in what is now part of the Midori-ku section of the city of Nagoya, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
History Narumi-juku had a population of 3,643 people at its peak.Tōkaidō Shukuba Walking Guide. Aichi Prefecture. Accessed December 17, 2007. The post station also had 847 buildings, including one honjin, two wakihonjin and 68 hatago.
The classic ukiyo-e print by Andō Hiroshige (Hōeidō edition) from 1831 to 1834 depicts travellers passing by open-fronted shops selling tie-died cloth, typically used for making yukata summer kimono, which was a local speciality of the region. The railroad bypassed Narumi-juku in the Meiji period, and a portion of the old town is preserved as a tourist attraction.
Neighboring post towns Tōkaidō Chiryū-juku - Narumi-juku - Miya-juku
Further reading Carey, Patrick. Rediscovering the Old Tokaido:In the Footsteps of Hiroshige. Global Books UK (2000). Chiba, Reiko. Hiroshige's Tokaido in Prints and Poetry. Tuttle. (1982) Taganau, Jilly. The Tokaido Road: Travelling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan. RoutledgeCurzon (2004).
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