Famous Places of the National Provinces of Great Japan – Shirakawa, in Shirakawa District, Ōshū Province

Utagawa Sadahide 

1868 (Meiji 1)

Donated by Tanba Tsuneo

During the middle ages, Shirakawa was home to Shirakawa Castle, which made use of the Abukuma River in the surrounding low, rolling terrain. We cannot see said castle within this image, but it does allow us to imagine the topography as it was in those days.