Musa

Across the river in the foreground lies a boat bridge, boats tied together with planks laid across, and travelers cross in a line. Some carry loads, some hold their hats, and others stand at the foot of the bridge seeing them off. In the middle of the picture stands a tree with a bent trunk, and on the far bank are a field of reeds, a row of slender pines, and a teahouse roof. The boat bridge is narrow, and the travelers advance carefully in single file.

The diagonal line of the riverbank and the line of the boat bridge crossing it create depth. The reeds in front and the distant pine row are drawn in fine lines, and the quiet picture is unified in pale green and indigo tones. The water surface is left white, suggesting the shallowness of the river.

Musa-juku was a post town in Gamo District, Omi Province, at the fork of roads leading to Ise and Yokaichi. The Yokoseki River (now the Hino River) flowing west of the town had a ferry, and the picture is said to show that crossing.

This is a design by Hiroshige, and the vermilion seal is mistakenly stamped "sixty-six." Naming the station in the title but drawing a nearby crossing rather than the townscape is a choice often seen in Hiroshige's designs for this series.