What are these Kanji Characters?

What are the Kanji characters depicted on the Grey concrete/stone epitaph in this picture? What is the character, Reading and Meaning?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Dojima_komeichiba.j...


Thanks

Reading
HAMA or HIN
Meaning
the beach/the sea shore

this kanji character is 'Tensyo[⽏�]' font of [�_/�l]

Thank you @eswnwgr !

But wondering why 'Hama' is depicted there.. Does not seem to be related to the museum or the description on the marble plaque.

This is a monumental stone and sculpture for the rice futures trading market back in the edo era. The work is done by Yokoe Yoshizumi, a sculptor, and it was titled as maybe Hama. It looks like kids are playing on the beach. But I am not sure if it reads really 'hama' like beach or not.

Nothing to do with the current architecture.

I think so. Why �_...?(lol

Oh, it's the symbol mark of Dojima rice market.
They called there �����_(Dojima-Hama) and they were dressed haori (formal short coat) marked with the symbol "�_" on the back.
http://blog.zaq.ne.jp/rakugo2/article/70/

Thank you, ajapaneseboy and Jay Kay! This was really helpful!