The dark swooping hill on the right that attracts the eye first, leading the eye to the path and figure that then leads up across the flat lake to Mount Fuji, then finally the rather precariously balanced tree top right. The image follows a rule of thirds grid for horizon and the image itself is divided roughly into a 3 x 3 grid with placement of figures, tree and text blocks within this, linked by the flowing lines of the path and breaks of islands in the lake. There is a sense of tension between the solidity (menace?) of the mountain and lake with the impermanence of existence of the tree and the small figures on the path.