Sakanoshita, which was about three and a quarter miles from Seki, was originally located somewhat farther to the northwest, but in 1650 it was washed away in a flood, and later it was rebuilt on its present site. Very little of the old town remains, but just outside of it there is a stretch of road some sixty feet long that appears to havé been part of the Tokaido. From this point one has a view of Mt. Fudesute similar to the one shown in Hiroshige's print.
The name Fudesute means "throwing away the brush." The story is that the great artist Kanō Motonobu (1476–1559) once came to paint the scenery here, but was so impressed with the beauty of the mountain that he threw away his brush and abandoned his purpose. The mountain is hardly as beautiful as this legend implies, but it nevertheless is the focal point of the local scenery.