Comment - A young lady is helping a samurai to dress at a tea stand on the beach of Shinagawa. The blue sign on the stand is named "e no ju" ("エの住") in white kanji characters, meaning "home cooking" or "plain fare". Next to the tea stand, a boy is holding up a blue Edo kite  ("Edo-tako", "江戸凧") with a white kanji character ("Kanji kite", "ji tako", "字凧"). The kanji character reads "seed" ("種", "tane"). May be an allusion to a planting festival. The boy is trying to lift the Edo, the long tail ropes of the kite laid out on the ground. Another boy wants to take up the kite line to help starting.

Illustrated book. Vol. 1 of two volumes. Sights of Edo with accompanying 'kyoka' verses. The right panel is labeled "Shinagawa" ("品川" right panel, upper right).


Series - "Fine Views of the Eastern Capital at a Glance" ("東都勝計一覧", "Tôto shôkei ichiran")


Artist - see Biography


Signature - Gakoyo Hokusai Tokimasa (画狂 北斎 辰政) between the two "kyoka" verses of the right panel


Publisher - Tsutaya Juzaburo (蔦屋 重三郎) (Kôshodô)


Image Size -  two separate panels,  22.9 x  33.0 cm   (8 1/8" x 11 5/8") overall


Condition - Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, singled out sheets from e-hon (chûbon size); a fold in the center;