Kumano Junisha Shrine in Tsunohazu, Popularly Known as Juniso

In the lower left foreground the roof of Kumano Shrine and a grove of cedars peek into view, while on the bank at lower right reed-screened teahouses stand in a row with customers cooling off. In the middle is a large pond; across it a bank with pine trees continues, and people walk with parasols. Beyond lie open fields and distant mountains. Small figures stroll along the pond's edge.

The pond is painted a deep blue-green, and the sky shifts from indigo at the top to a red band of sunset. Layering the black mountains, the red band, and the green fields horizontally, and framing the scene with trees and teahouses in the foreground, conveys the height from which the pond is viewed.

The name Juniso comes from the shrine's enshrinement of the twelve Kumano deities (Junisho Gongen), and the area was a leisure spot on the western fringe of Edo. The pond also had a waterfall, and with teahouses serving meals lined along it, it is said to have drawn many visitors in summer to cool off.

This is one print from the summer section. A feature of the series is that it also includes suburban sights far from the center of Edo, and the distant mountains are thought to be those of Chichibu and Tanzawa to the west. In the stillness of dusk, it shows the pleasures of Edo residents who went out to the suburbs for a day's outing.