- Ishiyakushi-juku
nihongo|Ishiyakushi-juku|石薬師宿|Ishiyakushi-juku was the forty-fourth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the present-day city of Suzuka,
Mie Prefecture ,Japan . It received its name from the nearbyBuddhist temple , Ishiyakushi-ji.History
Ishiyakushi-juku was established in
1616 , as part of theEdo period 's Tōkaidō. Originally, there had been no post stations betweenYokkaichi-juku andKameyama-juku , so Ishiyakushi-juku was formed with about 180 buildings at its inception. [http://nippon-kichi.jp/article_list.do?kwd=521 Nippon-Kichi] . Nippon-Kichi. Accessed October 27, 2007.] The Ozawa family managed the "honjin " in the town and kept many records, which are still available today in a local archives museum.Famous Persons
Not too far from the "honjin" is the preserved house of
Nobutsuna Sasaki , a famous "tanka" poet and scholar who was born in1872 .Neighboring Post Towns
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