中山道坂本熊谷間10宿の宿駅の規模 -近世宿駅の歴史地理学的考察の一過程-

抄録

The research is one step to the historical geographical study upon the feudal stage-towns. In it will be shown some results of my study upon the scale of ten stage-towns situated between Sakamoto and Kumagaya, east of the Usui Pass in the late Edo Era.
The summary is as follows: -generally speaking, such stage-towns at the foot of the mountains as Sakamoto, Annaka or Matsuida becowere smaller in its scale, and on the other hand, stage-towns situated on the level region flourish, distinguishly found in Honjo, Kuragano or Kumagaya. Such facts were caused by their natural environments indeed, but by many by-ways on both side of Usui Pass which most passengers took besides the main road of Nakasendo. In any case, their scale may ultimately depend upon the frequency of traffic on the passages,