Hama-cho Riverbank (Hamachogashi)

Hama-cho Riverbank, published in August 1925, depicts the Hamachogashi — the embankment along the Sumida River at the Hama-cho district of Nihonbashi — one of the Sumida's busiest stretches, flanked by warehouses, theaters, and traditional merchant buildings, in a summer composition showing the river's active waterfront life. Hama-cho (literally "beach town") was historically the heart of the river-transported goods trade, its embankment lined with storehouses and lighters unloading merchandise from the river. The August date suggests the summer riverside atmosphere when the Sumida's traffic was at its peak.