Mt. Fuji at Dawn near Hara

The summit of Fuji extends beyond the top frame of the picture, showing that the mountain's size cannot be contained within the paper. The mountainside is white, and the area near the peak is tinged a pale red by the morning sun. As the title Mt. Fuji at Dawn says, this is a scene of early morning.

On the road in the foreground, two women in hats have stopped to look up at Fuji, followed by a male attendant carrying a load. There are two cranes in the field, one with its wings spread. A flock of birds also flies in the sky, and people, birds, and mountain calmly greet the same morning.

Hara-juku lay between Numazu and Yoshiwara, and to the north of the station spread the marshland of Ukishimagahara. It is a place where Fuji can be admired close up from the unobstructed flat land, and Hiroshige conveys that view impressively by making the figures small and Fuji large.

To the left of Fuji, distant mountain ranges and the blue of the sea can be seen, and on the right a black peak that appears to be Mount Ashitaka overlaps. Against the white Fuji, the deep indigo of the women's kimono stands out. Green tufts of grass dot the edge of the road, adding variation in color among the white fields and Fuji.