Shirasuka

Japanese: 白須賀 - しらすか

The name of a place in Fuchi District, Totomi Province. It is located on the western shore of Lake Hamana, facing the Enshu Nada Sea. The name has been around since the Middle Ages, and in the early modern period it was the westernmost post station on the Tokaido in Totomi Province. It is now an Oaza district in Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture. The "Shoku Kokin Wakashu," compiled in 1265, contains the poem "The pine-shadowed river rises above the whitebait port, and the autumnal whitebait blows," and it is believed that the "whitebait" refers to this place. In 1353, Ashikaga Takauji arrived here on his way to Kyoto. In 1601, a post station was designated below Shiomi Hill, but it was moved up the hill due to damage caused by the tsunami caused by the Great Hoei Earthquake in 1707. According to the Tokaido Post Town Register, the post town stretched over 14 blocks from east to west, with a population of 2,704 people and 613 houses, including the neighboring Kajuku, Sakaijuku, and Shinden (now Kosai City) on the Mikawa border. There was one main inn, one side-inn, and 27 inns. The kashiwamochi (Japanese-style rice cakes) of Sarugabanba, sold at teahouses in the post towns, was known as a specialty of the road. In 1889, the post towns became Shirasuka-cho, in 1955 Kosai-cho, and in 1972 Kosai City, and continue to do so to this day.

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Japanese:

遠江国敷智(ふち)郡の地名。浜名湖の西岸に位置し，遠州灘に面している。中世からみえる地名で，近世には遠江国の最も西にあった東海道の宿駅であった。現在は静岡県湖西(こさい)市の大字(おおあざ)。文永２年（1265年）成立の《続古今和歌集》に〈松かげのいりうみかけてしらすげのみなとふきこすあきのしほかぜ〉の歌が載るが，〈しらすげ〉は当地を指すと推定されている。1353年には上洛途中の足利尊氏が当地に到着している。1601年汐見(しおみ)坂の下に宿駅が指定されたが，1707年の宝永の大地震による津波の被害によって坂の上に移転した。《東海道宿村大概帳》によれば，宿内町並みは東西14町余，人口は隣接する三河国境の加宿(かしゅく)境宿(さかいじゅく)新田（現，湖西市）を含め2704人，家数は613軒で，本陣１軒，脇本陣１軒，旅籠(はたご)屋27軒があった。宿内の茶屋で売り出された猿ヶ番場(さるがばんば)の柏餅は，街道筋の名物として知られる。1889年白須賀町，1955年湖西町，1972年湖西市の各大字となり，現在に至る。

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