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It is Good to Make the First Boat Trip
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It is Good to Make the First Boat Trip

Totoya Hokkei · c. 1822 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Woman with a travel hat in hand, sitting against a rolled-up mat. With three poems. The prints from this series relate to the belief that the first activities of the new year were particularly special. The red cartouche on the prints refers to almanacs indicating which activities could or should not be undertaken on certain days by people born in a specific year.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
surimono
Credit lineHet is goed om de eerste boottocht te maken. c. 1822. Totoya Hokkei. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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