A yakatabune (a leisure boat)

A yakatabune (a leisure boat)

People aboard a houseboat moving along a river. Two helmsmen take the scaffold. The other twelve are probably passengers. Since the women and men take different poses, this it is probably a dramatized photo of a river picnic or ferryboat.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐28‐0]

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  • ILEA000317889
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  • 1900/12/31 00:19:00
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  • Nagasaki University Library / Kyodo News Images
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  • Nagasaki University Library
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  • 3072 × 2048 pixel
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