Maisaka is the thirtieth station on the Tōkaidō, and again
Yoshitoshi has echoed Hiroshige's illustration of this stage in the
'Hoeido' Tōkaidō series. At Maisaka, a connection between
Lake Hamana and the Pacific had formed in 1499, after an earthquake
and associated tidal wave. The new opening was called Imagiri,
which means "now broken". To avoid a lengthy detour around Laka Hamana,
most travellers took ferries across the gap, to the next station at Arai.
