CATALOGUE 86. Tenma Bridge in Settsu Province, by Katsushika Hokusai (Calza 2003).

A number of boats with lanterns cross under a bedecked bridge. The sheer strake and gunwale appear to overlap the stempost. Though at first glance similar to Hokusai’s oshiokuri-bune, the gunwale and hint of decoration on the stempost indicate that these are likely choki-bune.


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