In the Edo period, there were no bridges or boats on the Oi River, and the only way to cross it was to rely on laborers called kawagoshi ninsoku. The picture depicts travelers crossing it on flat platforms or on the shoulders of ninsoku. #ndldigital https://t.co/GG9mvWj43D https://t.co/DgRQUpO3vs
In the Edo period, there were no bridges or boats on the Oi River, and the only way to cross it was to rely on laborers called kawagoshi ninsoku. The picture depicts travelers crossing it on flat platforms or on the shoulders of ninsoku. #ndldigital https://t.co/GG9mvWA75D https://t.co/SnrpS3FDee
Travelers in the Edo period crossed the Oigawa River in this way, along the most difficult part of the #Tokaido Highway. #ndldigital
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