Evolution+of+Transportation+in+Tokugawa+Japan

=Sankin Kotai, Gokaidō=

Sankin Kotai
The Sankin Kotai or alternate attendance in English was a law that made the daimyo move from there Han to Edo every other year and made the Gokaido and with it



Gokaido
The Gokaido(The Five Routes) was a big link in the chain of events that lead to the evolution of transportation in Tokugawa Japan. The five roads: Tokaido, Nakasendō, Kōshū Kaidō, Ōshū Kaidō, Nikkō Kaidō.

Tokaido
The Tokaido was the road to Kyoto and was very important due to the fact it connected Edo to Kyoto

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