Kameyama was the location of a castle built in the Kamakura period by the Seki clan to protect their territories in northern Ise.

During the Sengoku period, Seki Kazumasa had been transferred from the clan's ancestral territory by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but was restored as daimyō of Ise-Kameyama Domain by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and constructed a new Kameyama Castle.

However, in this case, the gate was set at the top of a steep slope, which was planted on either side with thorny orange trees to discourage attackers from climbing the hillside.

Per the 1843 "東海道宿村大概帳" (Tōkaidō Shukuson Taigaichō) guidebook issued by the Inspector of Highways (道中奉行, Dōchu-būgyō), the town had a population of 1549 with one honjin, one wakihonjin, and 21 hatago.

The print depicts travelers climbing a steep hillside to the Kyoguchi Gate, with the roofs of a town extending at a right angle to then left of the composition.