CATALOGUE 178. Fuji with Rafts in the Rushes, by Katsushika Hokusai. (Smith 1998:156-7).
Five rafts made of lumber lashed together are poled down the river, likely being transported from the mountain forests to the ports at the river’s end. Some of the rafts are large enough to have makeshift shelters on them as well. Two fishermen and a young boy sit on the pier, the boy resting on another set of timbers ready to be floated down the river.
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