丸子
名物茶屋
茶店の風景を描いています。宿は手越平太家綱が、奥州藤原氏征伐の恩賞としてこの地を賜り、宿駅を設けたのが始まりです。
安部川を控え、西側から駿府へ入る要衝として丸子城が築かれました。
本陣（１）脇本陣（２）旅籠屋（２４）
名物（とろろ汁、灰吹、盆山）
Mariko
Three and a quarter miles southwest of Fuchu lay Mariko, which was known for a special kind of soup made from yams. This must have been quite a favorite with travelers on the Tokaido, for there were fifteen or more shops selling it in Hiroshige's day. The print shows one of them as it might have appeared in early spring. One customer is happily drinking his soup, while the other is about to be served by the shopowner's wife. She, incidentally, seems to be patterned on a description given in the Hizakurige, a ribald account of the travels of two roguish oafs from Edo. Few art historians mention Hizakurige in connection with Hiroshige, but it seems certain that he took a number of hints from it. The black spot on the ridge of the roof is none too distinct even in the first edition, but it has been shown to delineate two crows, one facing this way and one facing the other.
今回の舞台。軒下には「御ちやつけ」の看板。
「名ぶつとろろ汁」の
立て看板を出した茅葺屋根の茶店の店先です。
2人連れの旅人が床几に腰かけ、
正面向きの男は大きな口を開け、
丸子名物のとろろ汁を食べています。
軒先には焼き魚の串を突き刺した巻藁や
干し柿が釣り下がっておりますね。
今回の着想は、当時ブームであった十返舎一九の「東海道中膝栗毛」に影響を受けたのでしょう。
弥次郎兵衛と喜多八が丸子でとろろ汁を注文するシーンがあるのです。