CATALOGUE 13. Outing on the Beach at Enoshima, by Utamaro (Kikuchi 1968).
A number of people stand at the seashore with fishing poles. Their clothing and the mixed-gender group suggests that they themselves are not fisherpeople by trade but instead are fishing as pleasure. In the background a boat puts to sea, apparently ferrying other members of the upper class, but construction details are indistinct. Also see Cat. 21, Illustrated Book of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance, for pleasure fishing.
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