It was produced as one of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series which was published from c. 1830 to 1832 in the late Edo period.

[1] Standing precariously upon a rocky outcrop, a man casts his fishing lines tied to cormorants into the violent Fuji River at Kajikazawa.

[2] Man and nature appear fused into one: The picture is full of movement, his tensed body mimics the motion of the waves below, and this curved shape is reflected in the rock on which he stands.

The triangular shape made by the fishing lines also echoes that of Mount Fuji which is seen rising above.

The fisherman and son gain a red jacket, while the rocks are coloured with a gradated (bokashi) green-to-yellow wash.