The Bitter End

Art of the Edo Period

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido

19. Fuchu-shuku (Aoi-ku, Shizuoka)

Fuchu-shuku

Fuchu-shuku was the nineteenth of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido. It is located in what is now part of the Aoi-ku area of Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

History

The post station of Fuchu-shuku was also a castle town for Sunpu Castle in the former Suruga Province.

The classic ukiyoe print by Ando Hiroshige (Hoeido edition) from 1831-1834 depicts travellers crossing the Abe River to the west of the post station. A woman is bring carried in a kago, while other people are fording the stream on foot.