Hokusai's landscape prints beyond the Thirty-six Views span a remarkable range of viewpoints and weather conditions. Non-series landscape prints by Hokusai regularly appear in specialist Japanese print sales worldwide.
Heavy cargo barges laden with rice bales make their way along the Sumida River toward Edo's warehouses in this nagaban [surimono](/glossary/surimono) from around 1800–05. The scene depicts the commercial lifeblood of the capital, whose population depended on the steady transport of rice from the provinces — the boats' low-slung silhouettes and stacked bales rendered with an almost architectural solidity.
1821
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
c. 1832
Color woodblock print; oban
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Boats transporting rice on the Sumida River was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in c. 1800/05.
Boats transporting rice on the Sumida River depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and rivers & lakes, set at Sumida River.