Fudesute Mountain near Sakanoshita

In the left half of the picture, a craggy rocky mountain is drawn large. Pines cling to the mountainside and two waterfalls run down in white. The valley is wrapped in mist, so that only the rocky mountain seems to float up. The rock is distinguished through ink shading and sharp lines, and the parts left white here and there set off the sheer rock faces.

On the cliff at right is a teahouse, where customers sit looking at the mountain. A traveler also stands at the edge of the cliff, absorbed in the view. On the road below, a packhorse driver and a horse with a load climb the slope. The teahouse stands jutting out over the cliff, an ideal place to view the mountain. The road winds down along the edge of the cliff.

The name Fudesute (Brush-Throwing) Mountain comes from a legend that the Muromachi-period painter Kano Motonobu tried to paint this mountain but could not, and threw away his brush. The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum identifies this mountain as the one called Iwane-yama. Set beside the gentle indigo mountain at the back, the steepness of Mount Fudesute's form stands out. The sky is pale yellow above, with a pale crimson at the edge of the mountains.