This is from the series of ’Famous Places in Japan 本朝名所’, originally made in about 1832.

The text is read ‘Sunshû Fujikawa watashibune no zu 駿州富士川渡船之図’.

This river - Fujigawa - is known to be a very wide and extremely rapid stream, one which was very difficult for travelers in the old days.

At the lower right center, many narrow mesh-like objects are piled up. They may look like many boats stacked upside down but actually they are breakwaters. Those bamboo woven structures full of stones are protecting the banks from erosion.

Mount Fuji is drawn in a quite sharp angle which balances the wide river in the left lower area and gives a pleasing effect to the composition.