五十三次

ごじゅうさんつぎ fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

Why it means this

(fifty-three) + (post stations) — the 53 relay stations of the Tōkaidō, the Edo–Kyoto highway, immortalized in Hiroshige's prints.

Breakdown

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