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Shigeki Matsuda Kitamaebune (Northbound Ships)
©Noriko Tokumitsu

Kitamaebune (Northbound Ships)

This umbrella is painted by the local artist and ceramicist Takashi Kitamura. The Kitamaebune is a Japanese merchant ship with a single mast, that sailed between northern Japan and Osaka in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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