Hirasaka

Japanese: 平坂 - へいさか

A modern port located at the mouth of the Yahagi River in Mikawa Province (Aichi Prefecture). It was the outer port of the Nishio Domain, and from the Genroku era (1688-1704) there were three wholesalers, Ichikawa, Toyama, and Niimi. There were always more than 100 laborers handling land cargo, and in 1745 (Enkyo 2), there were eight Edo cargo ships, including medium-sized ships that traveled back and forth between the ports of Ise Bay, and it flourished as a base for shipping Mikawa cotton. Boats on the Yahagi River went up from Hirasaka loaded with dried sardines, fish cakes, fish oil, soybeans, and other products, and went down from the upstream with charcoal, split wood, bamboo, and other products.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

三河国(愛知県)矢作（やはぎ）川河口に位置する近世の港。西尾藩の外港であり，元禄年中(1688‐1704)より市川，外山，新美の3問屋があり，陸上積荷の人夫はつねに100人余，1745年(延享2)江戸廻船8艘が所属し，伊勢湾の諸港を往復する中型の船もあり，三河木綿積出しの拠点として栄えた。矢作川の川舟は，平坂から干鰯（ほしか），〆粕（しめかす），魚油，大豆などを積んで上り，上流から木炭，割木，竹などを積んで下った。

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