CATALOGUE 47. Fishing boats putting into Gyotoku, Eight Scenes in the Suburbs of Edo, by Hiroshige (Kikuchi 1968).
Two large masted vessels pole away from shore. Though construction details are difficult to make out in this copy, the sails clearly show the number of individual cloths sewn together to make a single sail, complete with gaps between the strips of cloth. The smaller takase-style vessel in the foreground appears to be carrying a drum of some sort.
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