![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
- Date:
- 1920
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
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 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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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.