As the image shows this is another of the difficult places on the Tokaido. On the right a traveler is coming down the very steep slope while two palanquin carriers are climbing up, with their empty gear.

In the lower center is the famous large boulder named 'Yonaki Ishi' (the ‘Night Crying Stone'). According to an old legend; a woman who was in the last month of pregnancy was killed by bandits, but the baby was saved by local people, nurturing with starch syrup.

The boulder has been moved to a nearby place and the syrup, 'Kosodate Ame' (‘Child Care Candy’) is still available.

In the image a group of people are gathering around the stone. Are they trying to hear the woman’s crying?

In this dynamic composition Hiroshige drew mountains by changing the color according to the distance; gray for the nearest mountain, reddish brown for the next group and a beautiful blue for the far away mountains.

The shape of the pine trees planted along the road add some eerie feeling - a strong contrast from the beautiful and peaceful mountains in the far distance!