Tag Archives: Hokusai

Shipping up and down the coast of Japan

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Alice

A regular reader of my blog gave me a gentle nudge today, observing that I haven’t been posting much. What’s worse, she said, I haven’t provided links for my last two columns in The Japan Times. So posthaste, here is … Continue reading →

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Hikyaku: the “flying legs” of early Japanese post delivery

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Alice

In my May 21 column in The Japan Times, I wrote about hikyaku 飛脚, the “flying legs” couriers who moved letters and packages around Japan until the late 19th century when a modern postal system was created. The photo above, … Continue reading →

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