Top of embankment turned into the road connecting Fushimi and Yodo-jo Castle (in the Edo period) and, in the Edo period, became a part of the 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road and the 57 Stations of the Tokaido Road connecting Otsu and Osaka without going through Kyoto.
堤上は伏見と淀城（江戸期）とを結ぶ道にもなり、江戸時代には京都を通らずに大津と大坂を結ぶ東海道五十三次東海道五十七次の一部となった。