In Hiroshige's print, a man who appears to be a fishmonger is washing something in well water, while at a teahouse with a noren curtain dyed with "Hashirii" (Running Well), the famous Hashirii mochi is being sold, and pilgrims and merchants are resting. A black ox, loaded with firewood and wearing a sunshade, is also coming up the slope, a scene typical of the Kamigata region (Kyoto and Osaka). Could this be the scene from a kyoka (comic tanka) poem in "Tokaidochuhizakurige" where Kitahachi says, "The ox pulling the cart moves slowly, but here at Hashirii, they quicken their pace"? B0319