Fukagawa Mannenbashi no shita (Under the Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa)

Mannenbashi Bridge stood on the eastern side of Edo, at the confluence of the Onagi (小名木川) and the Sumida Rivers (隅田川). Given the low elevation of this area above sea level, the bridge necessitated construction across a towering stone wall, as depicted in this print. The fire lookout tower in distance serves as a varnishing point of this composition. Hokusai may have drawn inspiration for this distinctive composition from a design in Kawamura Minsetsu's printed book, Hyakufuji (One hundred illustrations of Mount Fuji).