Glossary

Translation

Gradation

Tea house, also used for "brothel"

Cho = 109.1m or 120 yards

Old name for Tokyo. Also used for Edo period (1603-1868)

Station

Fine shell powder used in prints to imitate white make-up or foam

The 5 principal roads starting from Nihonbashi during Edo era

Bridge

Lodging for travellers

Minor roads to avoid difficulties or police control

Hoeido publishers

Main hall of a buddhist temple

Inn for lords and government officials

1 ri marker

Stone paving laid down on rough patches of road, particularly over the mountain passes

Post station

Palaquin, open litter used by commoners

Hair ornaments

River

Prefecture

Road between the mountains, linking Edo and Otsu (Kyoto)

Unit of volume used for rice, equivalent to 278 liters, about 150kg or 330 pounds

Official bulletin board

Notice board

Town

Double, right-angle turn built into a street for defensive reasons

Village

Road between the mountains, linking Edo and Otsu (Kyoto)

Closed palaquin, used by nobles

Ri = 3,927m, or 2.4 miles

Hill

Alternate residence duty

Marsh

Checkpoint

Thousand shrine tag. Pieces of paper bought in temple and stuck to the walls as offerings

City (market)

Braided rice straw rope used for ritual purification in the Shinto religion and delimiting a sacred space

Post station

Warrior monks

Pass

Warehouse, broker

The road along the Eastern sea, the coast road linking Edo and Kyoto

Temple Gate

Lacquer

Annex inn for officials

Mountain