Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
lowly people (Edo period); eta
river surface; surface of a river
river surface; surface of a river
along the river; riverside
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
bamboo growing along a river bank; Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) the life of a prostitute
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk
glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk
great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)
brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus (subspecies of cyprinid)