Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Ferryboat on the Yodo River (Takamizawa)

Size: 23.5cm by 34.0cm (9.25 in by 13.39 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Ando Hiroshige

Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 10,000$ 77.00£ 59.50€ 71.25

  

Description: From the fine early set of ten prints: Famous Places in Kyoto, published by Eisendo c1835.

This depicts a ferryboat that connected Fushimi and Namba. The small boat in the foreground is commonly known as a "kurawanka boat" that sold food while calling out "kurawanka, kurawanka" (meaning "Do you have so little money that you can't even eat?")

This version is a post-war reproduction by Takamizawa Company.

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