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The is a Japanese geographical term.〔Deal, William E. (2005). ( ''Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan,'' p. 83 ).〕 It means both an ancient division of the country and the main road running through it.〔Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). ("''Tōkaidō''," ) ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 973.〕 It is part of the ''Gokishichidō'' system.〔Nussbaum, ("''Goki-shichidō''" at p. 255 ).〕 The term also refers to a series of roads that connected the capitals (国府 ''kokufu'') of each of the provinces that made up the region. The fifteen ancient provinces of the region include the following:〔Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). 〕 *Iga Province *Ise Province *Shima Province *Owari Province *Mikawa Province *Tōtōmi Province *Suruga Province *Kai Province *Izu Province *Sagami Province *Musashi Province *Awa Province *Kazusa Province *Shimōsa Province *Hitachi Province In the Edo period, the was demonstrably the most important in Japan; and this marked prominence continued after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate. In the early Meiji period, this region's eastern route was the one chosen for stringing the telegraph lines which connected the old capital city of Kyoto with the new "eastern capital" at Tokyo.〔Smith, Mary C. (1897). ( "On the Tōkaidō," in ''Life in Asia,'' pp. 204-210. )〕 In the modern, post-Pacific War period, all measures show the Tōkaidō region increasing in its dominance as the primary center of population and employment.〔Sorensen, André. (2002). 〕 ==See also== * Comparison of past and present administrative divisions of Japan 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tōkaidō (region)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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