Artisans continue Edo fishing rod craft

TOKYO >> In an ukiyo-e (woodblock print) by Utagawa Hiroshige titled “Edo Meisho Shiki no Nagame, Ryogoku Natsu no Yukei” (Famous view of Edo in four seasons: summer evening at Ryogoku), women hold fishing rods while enjoying a cool evening on the riverbanks of the Ryogoku district in Edo — Tokyo today.

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