"Soldiers prepare to feed an army as we see Mt. Fuji "carved up" by the geometrical pattern of the bamboo fence. Suzuki suggests that this view carries over from the previous one, by depicting the meal preparation that would have been involved at such a huge hunt as the one sponsored by Yoritomo in 1193. The kind of bamboo fence here would have been the sort used in such hunts to surround the game. In the scene, a huge cauldron of water is lodged between stones over a fire shown as stylized licks of flame. Two men seem to be lifting a large basket out of the pot; Dickins proposed that they are preparing to drain the cooked rice on the bamboo rack held by the third man. Another figure to the lower left is making some sort of preparation in a low tub; perhaps this is a container for the cooked rice. A fifth figure below, immobile, serves a counterpoise to all the activity, as does Fuji above." 

- Henry D. Smith, 'Hokusai: One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji', George Brazilier, Inc. 1988.

Illustrated in 'Hokusai: One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji', by Henry D. Smith, George Brazilier, Inc. New York, 1988.