Agematsu

A large single waterfall drops at the far left, with two huts standing beneath it. On the road in the center, a man holding his hat points at the waterfall while a fellow traveler stops to look up. At right, a person carrying a large bundle of firewood crosses a wooden bridge over the rushing stream.

The waterfall is expressed in indigo gradations and white streaks, and the rocky mountain behind is painted in gray, yellow, and green. The vertically falling waterfall, the diagonally rising road, and the horizontally crossing bridge combine in the picture, giving a three-dimensional feel of a deep valley's terrain.

Agematsu was a post town in the Kiso River valley, near the scenic spot Nezame no Toko. The Ono Waterfall lies right beside the Nakasendo and was beloved by travelers as one of the Eight Views of Kiso. The post town, with over 360 houses, was large even for the Kiso Road, and it had an office handling timber cut from the Kiso mountains, making it a town where wood gathered.

This is a design by Hiroshige, and the seal below the title is that of the publisher Kinjudo. The same waterfall is also depicted in Katsushika Hokusai's Travels to the Waterfalls of the Provinces, suggesting how well known it was as a sight on the highway. Even the gestures of astonished travelers are drawn in, conveying the pleasure of viewing a famous place.