Sugatami Bridge, Omokage Bridge and the Gravel Pit at Takata

At lower right a wooden arched bridge over the Kanda River is drawn, with people walking on it and along the bank path. This bridge is said to be Omokage Bridge. At left are the river and embankment, in the middle ground wide rice fields spread out, and at the foot of the hills in the back are houses and trees. Green hills lie across the top of the picture, and the sky is tinted rose and yellow.

The yellowish rice fields, the deep indigo of the river, the green of the hills, and the rose of the sky resonate vividly. The foreground bridge is drawn large, and the fields spread toward the distant hills. The people are small, and the breadth of the landscape is the protagonist.

Omokage Bridge ("Bridge of Reflections") spans the Kanda River, and its relationship to the Sugatami Bridge ("Mirror Bridge") named alongside it in the title is not clear. The gravel pit is said to be the name of a village where river gravel was gathered, and a Hikawa Shrine is thought to have stood at the foot of the hills in the back. It was a suburb of peaceful countryside.

Although it belongs to the winter section, it is known for the vividness of its colors. The shogun Tokugawa Iesada is said to have crossed this bridge in the month of the censor's seal, and some see the print's publication as related to that. The yellow and rose coloring the sky and fields are thought to express the light of a clear winter dusk.