(I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask this -- please let me know if there is somewhere better.)
In the Hokusai woodblock print "Fishing boats at Choshi in Shimosa (Soshu Choshi)," the steersman in the boat in the background is using a rudder to guide the boat, but the steersman in the boat in the foreground doesn't seem to have a rudder.
Any reason why? Is the absence of a rudder here significant?
Thank you,
David
In the Hokusai woodblock print "Fishing boats at Choshi in Shimosa (Soshu Choshi)," the steersman in the boat in the background is using a rudder to guide the boat, but the steersman in the boat in the foreground doesn't seem to have a rudder.
Any reason why? Is the absence of a rudder here significant?
Thank you,
David
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