Katsunuma-juku is next to Tsuruse-juku when traveling from Edo. In 1618, it was built as a new post station along the old Koshu-kaido Road, and developed as an east gateway on the Kofu Basin. It was a relatively large post town with one Main Lodging (honjin), one Sub-lodging (waki-honjin) and 23 inns.
Ogyu Sorai, a Confucian philosopher, wrote about Katsunuma-juku in his “Kyochu Kiko” (Travel to Yamanashi) that Katsunuma-juku was the most flourishing post town with many houses along the Koshu-kaido Road. Matsuki Keirin wrote about Katsunuma-juku in a poem: “In Katsunuma, horses eat grapes.” It was a well-known post town from the Edo Period (1603-1868).
Looking back to the Warring States Period (1467-1603), Katsunuma Nobutomo, younger brother of Takeda Nobutora, who was the father of Takeda Shingen, had a residence near Katsunuma-juku. The area seemed to be an important base in the Takeda Clan’s strategy to conquer the Kai Region. The site became a National Historic Site named the Former Katsunuma Clan Residence Site, and is open to general public as a park.
Ogyu Sorai, a Confucian philosopher, wrote about Katsunuma-juku in his “Kyochu Kiko” (Travel to Yamanashi) that Katsunuma-juku was the most flourishing post town with many houses along the Koshu-kaido Road. Matsuki Keirin wrote about Katsunuma-juku in a poem: “In Katsunuma, horses eat grapes.” It was a well-known post town from the Edo Period (1603-1868).
Looking back to the Warring States Period (1467-1603), Katsunuma Nobutomo, younger brother of Takeda Nobutora, who was the father of Takeda Shingen, had a residence near Katsunuma-juku. The area seemed to be an important base in the Takeda Clan’s strategy to conquer the Kai Region. The site became a National Historic Site named the Former Katsunuma Clan Residence Site, and is open to general public as a park.