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The 3 foreground figures appear to be enjoying an outing by Edo Bay, stopping near a rock outcropping and pine tree. Since these elegantly dressed women appear to be engaged in a conversation, it is uncertain what the kneeling woman is pointing out and whether the wooden walkway and wisteria trellis are "real" (and in the water) or imagined. The 6th shogun Tokugawa Ienobu (1662-1712, ruled 1709-1712) had a large pond garden south of Edo Castle along the west edge of the bay, and its streams and pools were fed by tidal waters / shioiri-ike. He planted many pines along the shoreline and used some of the marshy areas for duck hunting. Ienobu also constructed a variety of waterside pavilions, although most of these constructions were gone when the Imperial Household Agency took over the gardens in the late 19th century. Thus, Chikanobu's misty image may be a vague childhood memory or a purely adult fantasy, but the scene gives a sense of early summer in one of the great stroll gardens constructed in Edo during the 18th century. A small part of it is now the Hama rikyu Park open to the public.
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