![Kuri Ferry, Funabori by Kawase Hasui — Japanese Woodblock print, ink and color on paper, [May 1932]](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/63263.jpg)
Kuri Ferry, Funabori
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- [May 1932]
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.4 × 24.3 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
by Kawase Hasui
River, lake, and coastal scenes form the largest single category in Hasui's output — steady, popular subjects with consistent demand. Value is driven primarily by edition period (pre-war vs. postwar lifetime vs. posthumous), condition, and the presence of seasonal atmospheric effects. Night and rain variants of water scenes command 20–40% premiums over comparable daytime views. Pre-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
Kuri Ferry at Funabori, dated May 1932, depicts the Kuri watashi — the traditional rope-pulled river ferry crossing the Naka River at Funabori (a district of present-day Edogawa ward in Tokyo) — one of the few remaining river ferries in the Tokyo area that continued operating after bridge construction eliminated most such crossings. The ferry crossing's simple mechanism — a flat-bottomed boat pulled across on a cable — and the wide river vista gave Hasui a subject that combined Edo-period transportation nostalgia with the working landscape of eastern Tokyo's river crossings. The Boats & Ships tag indicates the ferry's compositional prominence.
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Kuri Ferry, Funabori was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in [May 1932].
Kuri Ferry, Funabori was published by Watanabe Shozaburo ([May 1932]).
Kuri Ferry, Funabori depicts boats & ships.
Kuri Ferry, Funabori measures 36.4 × 24.3 cm (Oban format).
