Patterned after the comic novel Tokaidochu Hizakurige (Shank’s Mare) by Jippensha Ikku, this work depicts the protagonists, Yajirō and Kitahachi, and the city of Kawasaki as seen in the novel about their travels to the stations along the Tokaidō road. The bottom half of the work portrays Yajirō and Kitahachi looking back at a foreign woman. In the top half of the painting, a salon named Senensanbō is depicted with a number of literati writing and painting. Two bonsai are also depicted in the corner.