A treasure ship made of a bamboo basket used for gathering herbs, mushrooms and the like, the mast consisting of a ruler, the calligraphy on the sail reading 'gold' (kin?), the paper folder containing chopsticks inscribed with 'chopstick shop', ohashidokoro. Two fans at the stern of the ship. In the ship pots and several rolls of cloth. A kite with a painting of a crane flying overhead against a red sun, its bobbin lying beside the ship.
Popular belief holds that the Seven Gods of Fortune of Japan sail into the harbour on New Year's Day aboard the 'Treasure Ship', Takarabune. Thus, these gods are normally depicted as the passengers in traditional images of the Treasure Ship. Such images were placed under one's pillow on New Year's Eve to ensure a Lucky Dream of Mount Fuji, a falcon and eggplants (cf. RP-P-1958-270, for a representation of such a picture and a pillow, and RP-P-1991-651, for allusions to the First Lucky Dream, hatsuyume).
The rolls of cloth and the pots probably signify the treasures, takaramono, brought by the gods. The folded paper representing the boat's figurehead has an inscription explaining that it contains chopsticks, possibly made by one of the poets represented on this print.
The numerals for the long months of 1799, 1, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11, appear in gold on one of the fans.
Three poems by Kasugano Michikusa, Matsukaze Otonari and Sanyodo [Sanyo, later Tamashiba Sanyodo, Shibanoya Sanyo or also Kamon, studied with Shinratei Manzo, a judge of the Yomogawa from 1796, d. c. 1836].
Issued by the poets
Signature reading: Sori aratame (changed his name to) Hokusai ga
Produced by the Shuchodo [Monoyana, the poet] Studio, seal reading: Shuchodo
