Craftsmen prepare cloth for carp-shaped streamers

Craftsmen prepare cloth for carp-shaped streamers

GUJO, Japan - Printing craftsmen rinse cloth sporting images of carp streamers in the chilly Yoshida River in Gujo, Gifu Prefecture, on Jan. 20 to wash away extra dye before the cloth is made into the streamers for the May 5 Children's Day.

Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 35

Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 35

35 Yoshida - Bridge over the Toyo River, and in the right foreground workmen repairing the castle. This station flourished following the erection of the castle in 1505. Here a bridge was allowed to be built over the river flowing west of the station. The town has now grown to become Toyohashi City. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

Craftsmen prepare cloth for carp-shaped streamers

Craftsmen prepare cloth for carp-shaped streamers

GUJO, Japan - Printing craftsmen rinse cloth sporting images of carp streamers in the chilly Yoshida River in Gujo, Gifu Prefecture, on Jan. 20 to wash away extra dye before the cloth is made into the streamers for the May 5 Children's Day. (Kyodo)

The Horiwari River,Yokohama

The Horiwari River,Yokohama

The Horiwari Waterway, connecting the Nakamura River with Takito, was completed in 1874. It made river boat traffic on the Nakamura River, O'oka River and Yoshida River possible in addition to providing mud to fill in Yoshida Shinden The building on the left could be an oil storeroom.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐68‐0]