Catalog record · 目録番号 52074

Moonlight on the Yodo River (Yodogawa)

Artist / 作者: Katsushika Hokusai葛飾北斎
Date / 年代: 1833
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mfa
Digital image / 画像: 2000 × 1374 px
Published by / 公開者: 星野アカリ

Catalog note / 解説

This print shows Osakas main river with boats either being poled by boatmen or towed by labourers on shore. Osaka was Japans second major commercial city. The rice merchants of the city served as bankers and financiers for the upper classes. To the right is the Osaka Castle keep, the citys administration centre.

Image record / 画像情報

MFA · ca. 1833 · mfa

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