![A Boat Laden with Masonry, Awa Province (Ishizumu fune [Boshu]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)" by Kawase Hasui — Japanese Color woodblock print; oban, 1920](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/1d1e45a7-2153-e530-e16e-4ea11472525c/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
A Boat Laden with Masonry, Awa Province (Ishizumu fune [Boshu]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Ishizumu fune [Boshu]
by Kawase Hasui
Ishizumu fune [Boshu]
by Kawase Hasui
The Souvenirs of Travel series (First, Second, and Third Series, 1919–1922) represents Hasui's earliest major publishing relationship with Watanabe Shozaburo. Pre-earthquake impressions (before September 1923) are the rarest — the Kanto Earthquake destroyed Watanabe's workshop and most original blocks, making surviving early round-seal impressions exceptionally valuable at $2,500–$8,000. Post-earthquake editions were printed from recut blocks and trade at lower prices.
A flat-bottomed boat laden with cut stone — a common sight along the Boso Peninsula's coastal quarry operations — is depicted in this 1920 [oban](/glossary/oban) from the Souvenirs of Travel, First Series. The stone-laden barge (ishizumi fune) was a working vessel moving quarried rock to construction sites in Tokyo and Yokohama, and Hasui's composition likely shows the heavy-laden boat in the calm bay waters off Awa Province (the southern Boso Peninsula). The working maritime subject was an unusual choice in the debut travel series.
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.
A Boat Laden with Masonry, Awa Province (Ishizumu fune [Boshu]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)" (Ishizumu fune [Boshu]) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1920.
Yes — A Boat Laden with Masonry, Awa Province (Ishizumu fune [Boshu]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)" is part of the Souvenirs of Travel, First Series series (print 3) by Kawase Hasui.
A Boat Laden with Masonry, Awa Province (Ishizumu fune [Boshu]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)" uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print; oban.
A Boat Laden with Masonry, Awa Province (Ishizumu fune [Boshu]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1920).
A Boat Laden with Masonry, Awa Province (Ishizumu fune [Boshu]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)" depicts landscapes, boats & ships, and seascapes.
