Published within a year after Yokohama opened to foreigners, this map is an impressive technical achievement: assembled from eight oversize sheets, each separately printed, it is one of the largest composite woodcut prints ever issued in Japan. It was extremely successful, both as a work of art and as an important guide to the rapidly developing region. The Tokaidö-the busy highway between the imperial capital, Kyoto, and the political capital, Edo-runs along the shoreline near the foreground. Toward the right, the road passes through Kanagawa, the town that was originally intended to serve as an international port but was replaced by Yokohama.

Topographic features such as mountains, rivers, temples, bridges, buildings, and roads are labeled individually as was customary in Japanese paintings of famous places. The white building located to the left of the leftmost pier was the first Western-style building constructed in Yokohama, built for an English mercantile firm in 1859. In his printed inscription at lower left, Sadahide declares the authenticity of his depiction: "I have painted this picture . . . a true view of the outlook from Koyasumura [Koyasu Village, located northeast of Kanagawa]."