FIGURE 46. Boat Moored at Ushibori, by Katsushika Hokusai (Forrer 1991).
This print is a wonderful closeup of a moored takase-bune. The mast is unstepped and is braced to lie running fore and aft. Rushes are draped over the planked deckhouse and even over some of the mast. The roomy interior of the hull is plain in the amount of cargo that is stored. Supporting posts brace the deck beams from the bottom of the ship. At the bow is an example of the interior view of some of the blunt-ended sterns and bulkheads.
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