Explanation of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido 31 Maisaka
5.9km from Arai to Maisaka, 34°41’09″N 137°38’04″E
Maisaka is the 30th post town from Edo Nihonbashi on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido.
It is currently Maisaka-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
It is located on low ground about 3m above sea level, facing Imakiriguchi on the east shore of Lake Hamana.
To the north is Shinkawa, to the west is Lake Hamana (Imakiriguchi), and to the south is the Enshu Nada Sea.
In 1709, a petition was submitted to Maisaka, Hamamatsu, Arai, Shirasuka, Futagawa, and Yoshida, and the six other post towns, to use the Tokaido for official travel.
There were two honjin and one wakihonjin.
This is the only remains of a wakihonjin on the old Tokaido.
On the old Tokaido, Maisaka-juku is the only place where a wakihonjin still exists.
The wakihonjin consists of a main house, a connecting building, and a shoin building.
The shoin building was built in 1838.
It is free to visit.
Kitagange is famous.
This is the remains of a ferry dock on the Maisaka-juku side of the Imakiri Ferry crossing on Lake Hamana.
It was constructed between 1657 and 1616.
It was later restored several times due to disasters during the Edo period.
A gange is a stepped wharf.
Locals have long called it “gange.”
There are three ferry docks in Maisaka-juku.
The southern one is the ferry dock where luggage was mainly loaded and unloaded.
The middle one is the main ferry dock used most by travelers and is called Hongange.
Kita-ganki was mainly used by feudal lords and government officials.
A stone pavement stretching 18m wide from the road to the water’s edge.
① “Hoeido version”
The place where the breach occurred is called “Imakiri”, meaning “now broken”.
Ferryboats called “Imakiri no Watashi” began to pass by here.
The line of posts in the foreground are wavebreakers, built by the shogunate to protect ferries from the rough waves of the Enshu Nada Sea.
From this position, you can also see Mount Fuji in the distance.
② “Gyosho version”
This depicts Maisaka Port.
A scene of a ship with its sails lowered entering the port and travelers waiting for the ship.
③ “Reisho version”
This depicts Maisaka Port.
It depicts travelers getting on and off the ship.
④ “Hokusai version”
This depicts Maisaka Port.
It depicts travelers waiting for a ship.
It is thought that the travelers’ luggage is being loaded onto the ship.
⑤ “Travel image”
This is Kitagange.
⑥ “Stamp image”
This is a stamp from Wakihonjin.
Hoeido version
Gyousyo version
Reisho version
Hokusai version
Travel image
Stamp image
