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.
Kamezaki in Bishu, from the Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series published in 1928, depicts the harbor town of Kamezaki in present-day Hekinan city, Aichi Prefecture — a coastal community on the Chita Peninsula where the historically important Mikawa-Tokai shipping routes converged. Kamezaki's position at the mouth of the Yahagi River gave it a harbor character defined by fishing and coastal commerce, and Hasui's composition likely captures the harbor's working waterfront — fishing boats, wooden embankments, the flat coastal horizon — under the open sky of a Bishu (Owari) morning or afternoon.
1962
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
Niigata Gosaibori
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kamezaki, Bishu, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series" (Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Bishu Kamezaki) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1928.
Yes — Kamezaki, Bishu, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series" (Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Bishu Kamezaki) is part of the Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series series by Kawase Hasui.
Kamezaki, Bishu, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series" (Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Bishu Kamezaki) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1928).
Kamezaki, Bishu, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series" (Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Bishu Kamezaki) depicts travel scenes.
