Hokusai - Ehon Sumida Gawa - Prints 1-15 and 1-16
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1-16 A crowd in
the main street of Hirokoji (continued)
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1-15 A crowd in
the main street of Hirokoji (continued)
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On the east bank of the Sumida river the display of the sheds for the boats of the shōgun continues. In the foreground, the crowds gather near a temporary theater where the troupe of Takeda Ōmi (竹田大海, as written on the vertical banner on the right of print 1-16) from Ōsaka (大阪) performs on a regular basis. His program is varied, such as a circus with robots or clock-wound puppets, and one with female acrobats as announced here. The blue banner with the white character 水 for water in the left print indicates that the stall is selling drinks.
