東海道 吉田
Yoshida on the Tokaido
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This nishiki-e shows Yoshida, in today's Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture. Toyohashi was called Yoshida in the Edo period and was renamed in 1869 (Meiji 2). The print appears to be one of a series made in 1863 (Bunkyu 3), when many artists divided up the places along the Tokaido to mark the shogun Tokugawa Iemochi's trip to Kyoto. The artist is thought to be Utagawa Hiroshige II.
Yoshida-juku was the 34th post town counting from Nihonbashi, and the castle town of Yoshida Castle. The castle grew out of Imahashi Castle, built by Makino Kohaku in the Sengoku (Warring States) period. Ikeda Terumasa, who became its lord in 1590, enlarged the castle and laid out the town. Yoshida Ohashi Bridge crossed the Toyo River beside the castle.
The castle site is now Toyohashi Park, where stone walls and earthen ramparts remain. In 1954 the Kurogane Yagura (Iron Turret) was rebuilt, though not to its original design, and in 2021 the main parts of the site were designated a historic site of Toyohashi city.
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- Source title
- 『東海道 吉田』
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