Mokubo Temple, Uchigawa Inlet, and Gozensaihata

At right is a restaurant room jutting out over the inlet, and two women walk along the shore in front of it. One appears to have just stepped off a boat. A wooden bridge spans the inlet, pines and reeds grow on the shore, and fields and woods spread out behind. Waterfowl swim on the water.

The pale blue inlet, the green shore, and the sunset sky make a gentle harmony. The foreground pines and reeds are drawn in fine detail, and the curve of the inlet leading into the distance shows depth.

Mokuboji is the temple of the legend of Umewakamaru, known from the noh play "Sumidagawa." Nearby was Gozensaibata, fields that supplied vegetables to the shogun's household, and the restaurant at the edge of the Uchigawa was popular with sightseers on the upper Sumida. The temple of the title itself is said not to be drawn in the picture.

It is one of the pictures of the upper Sumida River and belongs to the autumn section. The restaurant is also said to have been a stop for the shogun on falconry trips. That it depicts a waterside outing while flying the name of a famous temple in its title shows a viewpoint characteristic of this series.