Picture of Mitsumata

The image depicts a scene from Mitsumata by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. The scene shows a body of water with several boats on it, a large boat on the bottom right has a fire and smoke coming out of it. There are two people on the shore to the right of the boat, one crouched down and the other bending over. There are two more boats on the water to the left and right of the large boat. The background shows a city skyline across the water and a blue sky with white and grey clouds. A vertical brown rectangle with Japanese writing is on the top left. The image is a woodblock print. The color palette includes shades of blue, brown, beige, and white.