CATALOGUE 120. A pleasure-boat on the Sumida River, by Torii Kiyonaga (Smith 1988:82)

Four choki-style vessels congregate around a larger yane-bune (from its size and the scale of the forward posts, likely a yakata-bune). All vessels have decorative elements on the gunwales, and the rightmost and leftmost boats have additional decorations on the stempost. A tow rope rests in the bow of the foreground choki-bune.


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