page_title: Shimizu, Shizuoka
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Shimizu, Shizuoka / History
caption_attribution_description: wood-block print, reproduction from a miniature edition by Takamizawa, Japan Title: Kanbara
context_page_description: Shimizu-ku is one of three wards of the city of Shizuoka.
  The municipality was "Shimizu City" until it merged with Shizuoka in 2005.
context_section_description: Shimizu developed around its good natural harbor. 
  In the Edo period, Kanbara (蒲原, Kanbara-juku), Yui (由井, Yui-shuku), Okitsu (興津, Okitsu-juku) and Ejiri (江尻, Ejiri-juku) were the 15-18th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.  These four way-stations were in the area of modern Shimizu.
caption: Kanbara — ukiyo-e woodblock print by Hiroshige, circa 1830s
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