Usho gets on ubune (a boat used for ukai) with kagaribi at its bow and controls 10 to 12 cormorants by handling tenawa (a hand rope), and cormorants catch sweetfishes that gather under kagaribi.
舟首に篝火を付けた鵜舟に鵜匠が乗り10～12羽の鵜を手縄をさばき、操り、篝火に集まってきた鮎を鵜が次々に捕る。