CATALOGUE 21. Illustrated Book of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance, by Katsushika Hokusai (Calza 2003).

Two women and three men are shown fishing from a boat. Their clothing and the mixed-gender group suggests that they themselves are not fisherpeople by trade but instead are fishing as pleasure (also see Cat. 13, Outing on the Beach at Enoshima). Pilings along shore indicate that it might be a type of fish weir. A ro lies on its side, with both lashings and ireko visible.


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