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Mooring a Boat
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Mooring a Boat

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai · 1809 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

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

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A boy polishes a boat while a woman watches. In the background, between the clouds, a village with a temple, upon which a stork's nest. In the temple there was a spiral staircase, the shape of which resembled the shell mentioned in the title. With two poems.

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Credit lineMooring a Boat. 1809. Ryûryûkyo Shinsai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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