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DescriptionTokaido1825.jpg
English: Photo of the Tōkaidō road (東海道, eastern sea route) by Felice Beato in 1865. It was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period in Japan, connecting Kyoto to Edo (modern-day Tokyo).
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The author died in 1909, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.
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