Kanasugi Bridge at Shibaura

The foreground is filled with banners and umbrellas held up by the confraternity party. Red streamers are inscribed with the sacred title, and above them many small flags marked "kochu" (confraternity) flutter. Beyond them spreads the sea at Shibaura, with a bank of willows, the mouth of the Kanasugi River, and ships under sail.

Red and white flags and streamers are layered large in front, contrasting with the blue sea beyond. It is a bold composition that draws hardly any people and conveys the bustle of the procession through their belongings alone.

The party is said to be heading to the Oeshiki ceremony at Ikegami Honmonji Temple, held in October on the anniversary of Nichiren's death. Kanasugi Bridge carried the Tokaido over the Kanasugi River (Furukawa), and Shibaura was a fishing town and scenic spot facing Edo Bay. The area around Kanasugi Bridge was the southern entrance to Edo, where travelers and carts came and went without pause.

Its distinguishing feature is that it conveys the fervor of a crowd through flags and umbrellas alone, without drawing the people in the procession. The device of dividing the scenery with objects in front is shared with "Inari Bridge and Minato Shrine, Teppozu," and was a composition Hiroshige favored in his late years.