舞坂
今切真景
昔、遠州藩と隔たっていた浜名湖が、明応７年（１４９８）の大地震と翌年の暴風雨により陸が切れ、外海とつながりました。これを今切ち呼び、対岸の荒井宿とを結ぶ「今切の渡し；の要所となりました。
本陣（２）脇本陣（１）旅籠屋（２８）
名物（鰻、蛤、浜名湖魚料理）
Maisaka
Maisaka lay about six miles down the highway from Hamamatsu, at the point where Lake Hamana and the ocean are joined by a narrow stretch of water.
In early times Lake Hamana was isolated from the sea, but in 1499 the land between them was washed away in an earthquake and tidal wave. Because of this the mouth of the lake acquired the name Imagiri, which means literally "now broken," and women travelers who were betrothed regarded this place as inauspicious ,for their marriage prospects. It is said that they regularly walked all the way around the north shore of the lake rather than cross Imagiri by boat, as was the usual procedure.
Hiroshige's picture bears the legend "True Picture of Imagiri," but in fact the mountain in the center is Hiroshige's invention.
浜名湖と遠州灘を結ぶ水路には「今切」の名があります。
かつて浜名湖と遠州灘はつながっていませんでしたが、室町時代の大地震によって境目の陸地が決壊し現在の姿になりました。
東岸の舞坂と西岸の新井は渡し船で結ばれ「今切の渡し」と呼ばれました。
江戸幕府は遠州灘の荒波から渡し舟を守るために、波除杭や潮除堤を築きました。
真っ白な富士山が右奥に見え、
西側から舞坂方面を望む風景と
想定したのでしょう。