# The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō

The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō (木曾街道六十九次, Kisokaidō Rokujūkyū-tsugi) or Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Road, is a series of ukiyo-e works created by Utagawa Hiroshige and Keisai Eisen. There are 71 total prints in the series (one for each of the 69 post stations and Nihonbashi; Nakatsugawa-juku has two prints).
The common name for the Kisokaidō is "Nakasendō" so the series is sometimes referred to as the Sixty-nine Stations of the Nakasendō. It is a follow-up to Hiroshige's The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and he produced 47 of the prints, with Eisen being responsible for the rest.
The series was published by Iseya Rihei (Kinjudō) from c. 1834-1842.

## The Nakasendō

The Nakasendō was one of the Five Routes constructed under Tokugawa Ieyasu, a series of roads linking the historical capital of Edo with the rest of Japan. The Nakasendō connected Edo with the then-capital of Kyoto. It was an alternate route to the Tōkaidō and travelled through the central part of Honshū, thus giving rise to its name, which means "Central Mountain Road". Along this road, there were sixty-nine different post stations, which provided stables, food, and lodging for travelers.

## Prints by Eisen

Eisen produced the first 11 prints of the series, from Nihonbashi to Honjō-shuku, stretching from Tokyo to Saitama Prefecture. His prints from Gunma Prefecture include Kuragano-shuku, Itahana-shuku and Sakamoto-shuku. Representing Nagano Prefecture, he made prints of Kutsukake-shuku, Oiwake-shuku, Iwamurada-shuku, Shiojiri-shuku, Narai-juku, Yabuhara-juku, Nojiri-juku and Magome-juku. His last two prints, Unuma-juku and Gōdo-juku represent Gifu Prefecture. After that, Hiroshige took over production of the series.

## Prints by Hiroshige

Hiroshige's prints start in Gunma Prefecture and include Shinmachi-shuku, Takasaki-shuku, Annaka-shuku and Matsuida-shuku. His prints that reflect Nagano Prefecture] are Karuisawa-shuku, Otai-shuku, from Shionada-juku to Shimosuwa-shuku, from Seba-juku to Niekawa-juku, from Miyanokoshi-juku to Suhara-juku, Midono-juku and Tsumago-juku. His prints from Gifu Prefecture include Ochiai-juku to Ōta-juku, Kanō-juku, and from Mieji-juku to Imasu-juku. His last ten prints, from Kashiwabara-juku to Ōtsu-juku are all in Shiga Prefecture.

## Tabulation of series

The series consists of the sixty-nine stations of the Kisokaidō, plus a board for the starting point, the Nihonbashi bridge ("bridge of Japan") in Edo, and an additional print for the Nakatsugawa-juku station; a total of 71 prints, to which must be added the title page.
The series was published by publisher Takenouchi-Hōeidō, for the first part, and by publisher Kinjūdō for the second. Subsequent reissues were made by Kinjūdō.
| № | English name | Author | Japanese name | Transliteration |
| 1 | Nihonbashi | Eisen | 日本橋 | Nihonbashi |
| 2 | Itabashi | Eisen | 板橋宿 | Itabashi |
| 3 | Warabi | Eisen | 蕨宿 | Warabi |
| 4 | Urawa | Eisen | 浦和宿 | Urawa |
| 5 | Omiya | Eisen | 大宮宿 | Omiya |
| 6 | Ageo | Eisen | 上尾宿 | Ageo |
| 7 | Okegawa | Eisen | 桶川宿 | Okegawa |
| 8 | Konosu | Eisen | 鴻巣宿 | Konosu |
| 9 | Kumagaya | Eisen | 熊谷宿 | Kumagai |
| 10 | Fukaya | Eisen | 深谷宿 | Fukaya |
| 11 | Honjo | Eisen | 本庄宿 | Honjo |
| 12 | Shinmachi | Hiroshige | 新町宿 | Shinmachi |
| 13 | Kuragano | Eisen | 倉賀野宿 | Kuragano |
| 14 | Takasaki | Hiroshige | 高崎宿 | Takasaki |
| 15 | Itabana | Eisen | 板鼻宿 | Itahana |
| 16 | Annaka | Hiroshige | 安中宿 | Annaka |
| 17 | Matsuida | Hiroshige | 松井田宿 | Matsuida |
| 18 | Sakamoto | Eisen | 坂本宿 | Sakamoto |
| 19 | Karuizawa | Hiroshige | 軽井沢宿 | Karuisawa |
| 20 | Kutsukake | Eisen | 沓掛宿 | Kutsukake |
| 21 | Oiwake | Eisen | 追分宿 | Oiwake |
| 22 | Odai | Hiroshige | 小田井宿 | Otai |
| 23 | Iwamurata | Eisen | 岩村田宿 | Iwamurada |
| 24 | Shionata | Hiroshige | 塩名田宿 | Shionada |
| 25 | Yawata | Hiroshige | 八幡宿 | Yawata |
| 26 | Mochizuki | Hiroshige | 望月宿 | Mochizuki |
| 27 | Ashida | Hiroshige | 芦田宿 | Ashida |
| 28 | Nagakubo | Hiroshige | 長久保宿 | Nagakubo |
| 29 | Wada | Hiroshige | 和田宿 | Wada |
| 30 | Shimosuwa | Hiroshige | 下諏訪宿 | Shimosuwa |
| 31 | Shiojiri | Eisen | 塩尻宿 | Shiojiri |
| 32 | Seba | Hiroshige | 洗馬宿 | Seba |
| 33 | Motoyama | Hiroshige | 本山宿 | Motoyama |
| 34 | Niikawa | Hiroshige | 贄川宿 | Niekawa |
| 35 | Narai | Eisen | 奈良井宿 | Narai |
| 36 | Yabuhara | Eisen | 藪原宿 | Yabuhara |
| 37 | Miyanokoshi | Hiroshige | 宮ノ越宿 | Miyanokoshi |
| 38 | Fukushima | Hiroshige | 福島宿 | Fukushima |
| 39 | Agematsu | Hiroshige | 上松宿 | Agematsu |
| 40 | Suhara | Hiroshige | 須原宿 | Suhara |
| 41 | Nojiri | Eisen | 野尻宿 | Nojiri |
| 42 | Mitono | Hiroshige | 三留野宿 | Midono |
| 43 | Tsumagome | Hiroshige | 妻籠宿 | Tsumago |
| 44 | Magome | Eisen | 馬籠宿 | Magome |
| 45 | Ochiai | Hiroshige | 落合宿 | Ochiai |
| 46 | Nakatsugawa | Hiroshige | 中津川宿 | Nakatsugawa I |
| 47 | Nakatsugawa | Hiroshige | 中津川宿 | Nakatsugawa II |
| 48 | Oi | Hiroshige | 大井宿 | Ōi |
| 49 | Okute | Hiroshige | 大湫宿 | Ōkute |
| 50 | Hosokute | Hiroshige | 細久手宿 | Hosokute |
| 51 | Mitake | Hiroshige | 御嶽宿 | Mitake |
| 52 | Fushimi | Hiroshige | 伏見宿 | Fushimi |
| 53 | Ota | Hiroshige | 太田宿 | Ōta |
| 54 | Unuma | Eisen | 鵜沼宿 | Unuma |
| 55 | Kano | Hiroshige | 加納宿 | Kanō |
| 56 | Kodo | Eisen | 河渡宿 | Gōdo |
| 57 | Miyeji | Hiroshige | 美江寺宿 | Mieji |
| 58 | Akasaka | Hiroshige | 赤坂宿 | Akasaka |
| 59 | Tarui | Hiroshige | 垂井宿 | Tarui |
| 60 | Sekigahara | Hiroshige | 関ヶ原宿 | Sekigahara |
| 61 | Imasu | Hiroshige | 今須宿 | Imasu |
| 62 | Kashiwabara | Hiroshige | 柏原宿 | Kashiwabara |
| 63 | Samegai | Hiroshige | 醒井宿 | Samegai |
| 64 | Banba | Hiroshige | 番場宿 | Banba |
| 65 | Toriimoto | Hiroshige | 鳥居本宿 | Toriimoto |
| 66 | Takamiya | Hiroshige | 高宮宿 | Takamiya |
| 67 | Echigawa | Hiroshige | 愛知川宿 | Echigawa |
| 68 | Musa | Hiroshige | 武佐宿 | Musa |
| 69 | Moriyama | Hiroshige | 守山宿 | Moriyama |
| 70 | Kusatsu | Hiroshige | 草津宿 | Kusatsu |
| 71 | Otsu | Hiroshige | 大津宿 | Ōtsu |
| 72 | Title page | | | |