新所の景　日野岡　二川迄二里

About this print

On top of a slope, two men in hats, Western clothes and shoes stand looking down at the water. One leans on a cane, and below are roofs and figures. A boat with a white sail floats on the water, and a red sun peeks over the edge of the mountains. The stars of this picture are the two men in Western dress. Utagawa Hiroshige III drew it, and it is part of Tokai Meisho Kaisei Dochuki (Famous Places of the Tokaido, Revised Travel Guide), published in 1875 (Meiji 8). The National Diet Library titles it Kaisei Gojusan Eki (The Fifty-three Stations, Revised).

"Shinjo no kei" on the tag is a view of the area around Shinjo, in what is now the city of Kosai, on the west shore of Lake Hamana. Where "Hinooka" refers to is not clear. In the early Meiji years, Shinjo was the port for boats crossing the lake from Hamamatsu. When Hamana Bridge was built between Maisaka and Arai in 1881 (Meiji 14), the port lost its bustle. The reading "Hinooka" is our best guess.

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