Yoroi Ferry, Koami-cho (Yoroi no Watashi Koami-cho), No. 46 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857

The Yoroi Ferry is a piece that shows key visuals of dramatic leading lines and repetition of the white warehouses of Koami-cho, where soy, oil, and rice were stored. Even then our first eye goes to young woman near the ferry landing casting a sort of middle ground. The way the print was structured into a pace of how your eye views the piece it can’t help but look woman to the warehouses. From this perspective it signifies a photographic view of a ferry that justifies the composition of a dramatic shot of the ferry.

Vanessa Carlos