At the fifty-sixth station, Mieji (Mieji-juku), along the Kisokaidô Road, three women are seen taking a rest nest to a fire, drinking sake and observing the overhanging maple leaves. The print is a mitate-e (parody image) in which the three women illustrate the humorous theme of the three types of drunkards, while likely also referencing the three palace servant dolls used in Hinamatsuri (Doll Festival) displays. The woman on the top right represents the weepy drunk, on the left is the merry drunk, while at the bottom right the aggressive drunk.

This station gained notoriety due to its precarious location between the Kiso Three Rivers— the Kiso River, Ibi River, and the Nagara River. Travellers often found themselves marooned for days due to flooding.

The Kisokaidô Road served as an inland pathway linking Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto (the coastal route connecting the two cities was known as the Tôkaidô Road). Spanning the Kisokaidô were sixty-nine rest stations. The prints from this series, Sixty-nine Post Stations of the Kisokaidô Road, predominantly depict a historical, legendary, or fictional scene tied to the respective location.