The area around Okitsu, which is about six miles from Yui, comprises the Coast of Tago and the Forest of Miho, both of which are celebrated scenic spots. In this picture, however, Hiroshige relegated the scenery to the background and concentrated on a pair of sumo wrestlers being carried across the Yui River. The spectacle of a group of porters bending under the weight of the giant wrestlers is both human and humorous, but unfortunately Hiroshige cannot be credited with inventing it. It is clearly based on a similar picture of wrestlers crossing the Abe River in a book called Famous Places on the Tokaido, Illustrated, which appeared in the late eighteenth century.