Vintage albumen print hand-colored (circa 1880)
 The quality and preservation of the colours are exceptional.
 On the opposite bank is a small boat called a hikifune. It is used to transport tourists during the rapids descent of the Hozu River, an attraction known as Hozugawa kudari. The Hozu River originates in Kameoka, a city north of Kyoto, and flows west into Kyoto where these boats dock.
 A copy of this image can be found in the collection of the Guimet Museum in Paris.
 Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1934) was a colorist and assistant to Felice Beato and Baron Raimond Von Stillfried before opening his own studio in Yokohama in 1881.
 Around 1885, he bought back the negatives of Beato and Stillfried. Kimbei immortalized numerous portraits of Japanese people at the end of the 19th century. The prints, which he hand-colored, were then sold to tourists visiting the country.