Bride on boat congratulated by onlookers in Itako, east of Tokyo

Bride on boat congratulated by onlookers in Itako, east of Tokyo

A bride and her parents riding on a traditional "yomeiri-bune" (bridal boat) are congratulated by tourists and other onlookers in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, east of Tokyo, as part of the Ayame Matsuri (Iris Festival) on June 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

A woman holding a small model boat

A woman holding a small model boat

A young woman holds a wooden model ship in one hand and a branch in the other. The little ship may be a yakata-bune (banquet houseboat). The red juban (undergarment visible at the hem of her kimono and her wooden clogs catch the eye. This is a coloured photograph taken in a studio that probably provided the pail and flower pots as props.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐111‐0]

Winter scenery at Sanyabori

Winter scenery at Sanyabori

Sanya Moat looking upstream from Imadobashi, the bridge furthermost downstream on the moat. Until the mid-Meiji Period, this area was a pleasure quarter with restaurants and geisha houses. The Choki-bune (boats) that ferried customers to the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter used to pass here, and thus going to Sanya became a synonym for going to Yoshiwara. Nine bridges spanned Sanya Moat, but they were all later removed as part of land reclamation projects. The site is now Sanyabori Park. This photograph was taken in 1868 by Uchida Kuichi.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐34‐0]