Gyotokukaido Highway Musashi and Basho had passed

a walk Around edo Gyotoku 行徳・江戸の旧道のの散歩道

Gyotokukaido Highway

The 6th Chiba prefectural road from Yawata in Ichikawa city to Nekozane in Urayasu city is named Gyotoku Kaido Highway. This road was built in early Edo period by Ieyasu Tokugawa when he built a road to go hawking in Togane in Chiba called Gongenmichi. And there had been green field lying on both sides of the road. On this page, the views on the way from Gyotokubashi bridge to the area around Imaibashi bridge are introduced.
The history of Gyotoku is said to be the thousand years long history of salt manufacturing, the area name 'Gyotoku' is appeared on an ancient document written in Muromachi period, the history of Shogenji Temple near the south side of Gyotokubashi Bridge built in 1444 of mid-Muromachi period might prove it. The view that many people passing on Gyotokukaido Highway was drawn on Edo Meisho Zue (a guide book describing Edo in Edo period). Having changed the transportation systems from ships to cars and trains and having torn down the land of Gyotoku by the completion of Edogawa Drainage Canal in 1919, Gyotoku isn't what it used to be in those days. Millions of visitors such as the great haiku poet Basho Matsuo boarded on ships from Koami-cho, Nihonbashi, Edo, and landed on Gyotoku near Imaibashi Bridge or Shingashi, passing through Onagigawa and Shinkawa (Funaborigawa) river, then they walked on Gyotokukaido and Kioroshikaido (Kashimakaido) Highway to go to Kashima Jingu Shrine. The legends of Ogri Hangan might be in. Moreover, the great samurai worrier Musashi Miyamoto and his son in law Iori passed this road from Tokuganji Temple to Fujiwara Kannondo Hall in Funabashi city.
There are some temples, Shogenji Temple dedicating a statue of Buddha carved by Gyoki Bosatsu, Jishoin Temple having a stone tablet written by Kaishu Katsu, Zenshoji, Hodenin, Enmyoin, and old buildings, Sasaya Udon Shop, Asago Mikoshi Shop and so on along Gyotokukaido Highway, they all tell visitors the history and culture of Gyotoku in Edo period. And also the temples belong to the 33 Pilgrimage in Gyotoku and Urayasu.
Why don't you visit Gyotokukaido Highway?

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