An illustration of the Unagishimagahara area (present-day Hara, Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture) found in 'Tokaido Meisho no Ki' (a record of noted places along Tokaido Road), which was written in 1661, depicts a large plate piled with skewered eel.
その事が1661年頃に書かれた「東海道名所記」の中に鰻島が原（現在の静岡県沼津市原）付近を描いた挿絵に大皿に盛られた串刺しが描かれている。