References
List of references, books, blogs, websites which I recommend and which allowed me to make this website.
On the "Kisoji" (stations 32 to 42) part of the road: Walking the Kiso Road, a modern day exploration of old Japan par William Scott Wilson, Shambhala ed. 2015.
Many information on the stations and the temples and shrines as well as several haikus were taken from this book. Recommended.
Title
The sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô
Le Tokaidô de Hiroshige
Hiroshige, l'art du voyage
Hokusai
The complete woodblock prints of Hiroshi Yoshida
Shin Hanga: The new print mouvement
The complete woodblock prints of Kawase Hasui
The catalogue raisonné of Tsuchiya Koitsu prints
Japanese woodblock prints: Artists, publishers and Masterworks (1680-1900)
Walking the Kiso Road, a modern day exploration of old Japan
Language
English
French
French
French
English
English
English
English
English
English
Author
Sebastien Izzard
Jocelyn Bouquillard
Marc Restellini & Matthi Forrer
Matthi Forrer
Ogura Tadao .
Barry Till
Kendall Brown & Amy Reigle Newland
Ross Walker & T.Doi
Andreas Marks
William Scott Wilson
Publisher
Brazillier, 2008
Bibliothèque de l'Image, 2003
Pinacothèque de Paris, 2012
Bibliothèque de l'Image, 1998
Abe Books, 1987 .
Pomegranate, 2007
Brill, 2003
Ohmi Gallery, 2008
Tuttle, 2010
Shambhala Editions, 2015
Websites on Japan, the Kisokaidô Road
The Kisokaidô Road - Walking (in English)
The Kisokaidô Road - Walking (in English)
Walk the central Kisoji part (in English)
Pictures of old Japan (in French)
Pictures of old Japan (in English)
The Japanese castles (in English)
The samourai (in English)
Pictures around Japan - David Michaud (French)
Pictures around Japan (in English)
Websites on Japanese woodblock prints
On history and techniques of woodblock prints
On Woodblock prints techniques - David Bull
On Hiroshige
On Hiroshige II
On Hokusai (en anglais)
On Tsuchiya Koitsu
Irwin Lavenberg's print collection
Jacques Commandeur's print collection
https://walkjapan.com/tour/nakasendo-way
http://paulstravelpics.blogspot.com/2008/03/japan-15-day-slow-trip-thru-west.html
https://www.guimet-photo-japon.fr/collection/japon.php
https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/en/
https://jcastle.info/view/Home
https://samurai-archives.com/wiki/Main_Page
https://viewingjapaneseprints.net/index.html
Japanese sites: Hikers blogs with pictures
(Note: Many blogs have disappeared since I started this website in 2012)
http://kaidouarukitabi.com/5kaidou/nakasen/nakasentop.html
http://www.doremi.ed.jp/burari/nakasendo/index.html
http://dota3eien.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2009/09/post-5557.html
http://home.b05.itscom.net/kaidou/nakasendo/nakasendo.html
http://tomozoaruku.blog89.fc2.com/blog-category-13.html
http://yurakukan.blog27.fc2.com/blog-category-52.html
http://4travel.jp/domestic/area/koushinetsu/nagano/kiso/kiso/travelogue/10725926/
http://mitinoku.aikotoba.jp/index.html
http://network2010.org/article/208
http://rekishitabi.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-81.html
Complete itinerary
Complete itinerary
Complete itinerary
Complete itinerary (with maps)
Central part - Kisoji (Stations 30 à 50)
Central part - Kisoji (Stations 30 à 50)
Central part - Kisoji (Stations 30 à 50)
Central part - Kisoji (Stations 30 à 50)
Central part - Kisoji (Stations 30 à 50)
Central part - Kisoji (Stations 30 à 50)
From Samegai to Tsumago (Stations 61 à 42)
From Otsu to Kano (Stations 70 à 53)