CATALOGUE 166. Kiyowara no Fukayabu, by Katsushika Hokusai (Forrer 1991).

Pleasure boats are shown on the Sumida River. The two smaller boats may be supplying the larger boat, used for entertainment on the river and marked with the lanterns. The small foreground boat is poled by one of the crewmen. A lantern decorated with an image of an anchor rests in the center. The background hiyoke-bune and the foreground choki-bune both have similar, slightly decorated stemposts. Most distinctive, however, is the yakata-bune, with its typical notched, decorated stempost. An anchor with rope coiled at its foot sits at the bow.


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