CATALOGUE 25. Fuji and Yatsugatake in Shinshu, by Katsushika Hokusai. (Smith 1998:130-1).
This unusual image depicts three fishermen in a dugout canoe. It appears to have been hewn out of a single log (note the wood grain on the stern and in the bow where the fisherman is standing) and left with the bark intact. There appears to be some fasteners strengthening an area where the wood is splitting in the stern of the ship. The inside is lined with some sort of rushed or grasses. A rope is affixed to the bow interior.
Previous Next
