This work is one of many guidebooks that proliferated, to whet the public's appetite for sight-seeing.Ī second book was also written, called Zoku Hizakurige, which includes material on the Kiso Valley, Konpira, and Miyajima. Tourism was booming during the Edo Period, when this was written. Hizakurige is comic novel that also provides information and anecdotes regarding various regions along the Tōkaidō. As Edo men, they view the world through an Edo lens, deeming themselves more cultured and savvy in comparison to the countrymen they meet. They travel from station to station, predominantly interested in food, sake, and women. It details famous landmarks at each of the 53 post towns along the road, where the characters, often called Yaji and Kita, frequently find themselves in hilarious situations. The book, while written in a comical style, was written as a traveler's guide to the Tōkaidō Road. The two main characters, traveling from Edo to Kyoto on their pilgrimage to Ise Grand Shrine, are called Yajirobē (彌次郎兵衛) and Kitahachi (喜多八). The book was published in twelve parts between 18. Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige ( 東海道中膝栗毛), abbreviated as Hizakurige and known in translation as Shank's Mare, is a comic picaresque novel ( kokkeibon) written by Jippensha Ikku (十返舎一九, 1765–1831) about the misadventures of two travelers on the Tōkaidō, the main road between Kyoto and Edo during the Edo period. (This print illustrates a scene from 'Footing It along the Tokaido Road' (or 'Shank's Mare') Two men frightened by a ghost fall over one another and then laugh hysterically when they realize they are fleeing a kimono drying in the wind. Tokaido gojusan tsui, Futakawa by Hiroshige.

Ghost in the tokaido inn summary