Dried Gourd Shavings, the Local Specialty, Minakuchi, from the series the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido edition)

This scene is of a farming village outside of the station area. Dried gourd-making is a tradition in the early summer. The fruit of the bottle gourd is peeled lengthwise, and another person hangs the peelings. A woman carrying her baby on her back has brought another green bottle gourd. Gourd peelings hang on the fence of the farm, facing the highway.