noun
Tōtōmi Province
Historical province name; corresponds roughly to western Shizuoka Prefecture today. Used in historical contexts.
遠江は、かつて東海道に属する国だった。
Tōtōmi was once a province on the Tōkaidō.
The name 遠江 (Tōtōmi) literally means 'distant freshwater lake', referring to Lake Hamana. The reading とおとうみ is a compound of 遠 (とお, 'distant') and 江 (うみ, old word for 'lake/sea').