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Fuchū-shuku (府中宿, Fuchū-shuku) was the nineteenth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in what is now part of the Aoi-ku area of Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
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History
The post station of Fuchū-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.
Neighboring post towns
References
Fuchū-shuku Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA