Travel and Encounter in Early Modern Japan Main Menu Course Description Edo Period Ihara Saikaku Matsuo Bashō

Unit 1.4

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More importantly, for the purposes of our course, this system led indirectly to a flourishing infrastructure and culture of the road. This system of alternate attendance required good roads and amenities like inns, restaurants, and travel stops.   

In this class, we’ll see very little evidence of the military governors who traveled back and forth from Edo, but keep in mind that the roads and amenities used by the monks, poets, pilgrims, lovers, and fugitives we do encounter emerged as a result of this system.
 

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