The painting, more than thirty meters long, depicts street life, shops, theatres and washing hung out to dry in the early 1700s in what is now Tokyo.

这幅画30多米长，描述了18世纪早期东京的街头生活、商店、剧院和晾晒场景。

The washing machine needs to be emptied and the clothes need to be hung out to dry.

洗衣机需要清空，衣服需要挂起来晾干。

The letters looked like clothes hung out to dry on a line and they looked more like musical notation than writing.

这些字母看起来像是挂在一根绳子上晾干的衣服，而且它们看起来更像是乐谱而不是文字。