ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM 31 UtagawaHiroshige I 初代目歌川 広重 (Japanese, 1797–1858) Horie andNekozane, no. 96 fromthe series OneHundredFamous Views of Edo, 1856 Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper MaryA. AinsworthBequest, 1950.1439 We are somewhere in the Edo Bay, looking upriver toward two villages on the eastern fringes of Edo: Horie on the left side of the Sakai River and Nekozane on the right. The towns were famous for a type of clam called bakagai 馬鹿貝 (Mactra chinensis). Another local dish included grey sandpipers. In the foreground you can see a group of birds on the riverbank (see detail below). Figures hiding in the reeds nearby hold a long rope attached to a buried net. When enough birds had gathered for the bait, they would pull the string, closing the net and trapping the birds. Horie andNekozane (details)
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