A leisure-boat keeper

A leisure-boat keeper

The mouth of Seta River at Lake Biwa, looking northwest from the east bank. There is a colonial-style building with a distinctive square roof and a passageway leading to the pier on the opposite bank. Pine trees are visible in the background. Two boats with covered decks are docked. The pier in the foreground, where a man wearing a Japanese summer kimono is standing and a boatman is sitting, is constructed simply of logs and planks. The Hira Mountain Range is visible in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number63‐18‐0]

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