東とう海かい道どう

noun

Tōkaidō (Edo-period highway)

Refers to the famous coastal route connecting Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto during the Edo period, known for its 53 stations and cultural significance.

• 東とう海かい道どうは江え戸ど時じ代だいの主しゅ要ような街かい道どうの一ひとつだった。

  The Tōkaidō was one of the major highways of the Edo period.

• 歌うた川がわ広ひろ重しげの「東とう海かい道どう五ご十じゅう三さん次つぎ」は有ゆう名めいな浮うき世よ絵えシリーズだ。

  Utagawa Hiroshige's 'Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō' is a famous ukiyo-e series.

noun

Tōkaidō (ancient administrative region)

Under the ritsuryō system, one of the seven ancient regions of Japan, encompassing provinces along the Pacific coast. Historical term; not used in modern administrative divisions.

See also: 七道 · 律令制

• 律りつ令りょう制せい下かの東とう海かい道どうは、現げん在ざいの関かん東とうから中ちゅう部ぶ地ち方ほうにかけての地ち域いきを含ふくんでいた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, the Tōkaidō region included areas from present-day Kantō to Chūbu.