東海道五十三次の解説 30 浜松

Hiroshige,Utagawa

Explanation of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido 30 Hamamatsu

10.9km from Maizaka to Hamamatsu, 34°42′14″N 137°44′04″E

Hamamatsu is the 29th post town on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, counting from Edo/Nihonbashi.

In terms of actual distance, it is halfway between Edo and Kyoto, and is in the middle of the Kanto and Kansai regions in both name and reality.

It was the center of Fuchigoori in the Totomi Province, and the Hamamatsu Domain was in charge of judicial administration.

In the center of Hamamatsu City, it was the castle town of Hamamatsu Castle, with six headquarters and 94 inns.

It was the largest post town in the Totomi and Suruga provinces.

It is on the right bank of the Tenryu River, and the flow of the river changes every time it floods, so it is about 6km away from the current riverbank.

Hamamatsu Castle is famous for its rough stone walls.
Many of the castle’s successors later rose to important positions in the Edo Shogunate, and the castle was known as a “castle of success.”
Hamamatsu Castle’s predecessor was Hikuma Castle, built around the 15th century.
The lord of the castle at the time of construction is unknown.
In the first half of the 16th century, the Iio clan, under the control of the Imagawa clan, served as the lord of the castle.
Hikima Castle from this time is described as an “old castle” in drawings from the Edo period.
Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Hikuma Castle in 1570 and renamed it Hamamatsu Castle.
In response to the castle abolition order in 1873, the buildings and land of Hamamatsu Castle were sold off, and the Sannomaru and Ninomaru areas were turned into residential areas.
The castle tower and part of the Honmaru escaped major development, and were opened as Hamamatsu Castle Park in 1950.
In 1586, Ieyasu moved his base from Hamamatsu to Sunpu.
Ieyasu stayed in the castle for 17 years, from age 29 to 45.

Hamamatsu City is famous for agricultural products such as tea, mandarin oranges, celery, parsley, potatoes, and gerberas.

Marine products such as eels, whitebait, and tiger pufferfish are also famous.

① “Hoeido version”

Travelers are warming themselves by a campfire at the base of a large cedar tree beside the road.

The smoke rising from the campfire changes from black to white.

The grass on the bank in the foreground is also a withered color.

A pine forest with a signboard stands in a rice field where the harvest has finished.

This is an old site called “Sazanza no Matsu (Sazanza Pine).”

The post town of Hamamatsu is in the background on the right, and the castle tower of Hamamatsu Castle can be seen.

② “Gyosho version”
Three pine trees are seen on the coast overlooking the Enshu Nada Sea.
There is a “pine needle raker” with a basket full of pine needles.
Six scallop boats can be seen on the sea.

③”Reisho version”
The dark, choppy beach is exaggerated, creating a dramatic wave shape.
A pine needle raker also appears here.

④ “Hokusai version”
A traveler is taking a rest.
There are three bundles of straw, suggesting that it is autumn.

⑤ “Travel image”
This is Hamamatsu Station.

⑥ “Stamp image”
This is a ticket for JR Hamamatsu Station.

Hoeido version 

Gyousyo version 

Reisho version 

Hokusai version 

Travel image 

Stamp image

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