Following Commodore Perry's visit in June 1853, gun batteries (o-daiba) were constructed along the Shinagawa coast in order to defend Edo Bay. This booklet contains illustrations of the inside of one of these batteries.

In June 1853, a fleet of four U.S. naval ships led by Commodore Matthew Perry of the East India Squadron arrived in Uraga, demanding that Japan open up to the world. The shogunate government adopted a proposal by Egawa Tarōzaemon, the governor of Izu Nirayama, to build a series of gun batteries (o-daiba) along the Shinagawa coast in order to defend Edo Bay. Work on these began in August 1853 and proceeded using materials including soil sourced from Gotenyama and Sengakuji, and stone from the coast of Edo Bay and Sagami Bay, but was not completed in time for Perry's second visit in the New Year of 1854. Moreover, only six batteries were ever completed out of the planned 12 (the original plan was for 11, with the Gotenyamashita battery added later).
This booklet contains detailed illustrations of the interior of one of the batteries. Notably, there are several colored illustrations of the ramparts viewed from different angles. At the end of the booklet is an illustration of the stone laying process, including how the stones were transported and laid in place by the stonemasons.