Provided is a hydraulic shovel that enables highly precise land-clearing activities. In this invention, a boom-lowering proportional solenoid valve is provided in a boom-lowering pilot line that is connected to a boom-lowering pilot port. When an arm-dump signal for operating an arm to dump is included in a hydraulic signal, a controller rapidly increases a current value that is output to the boom-lowering proportional solenoid valve so as to be higher than that when an arm-excavate signal for operating the arm to excavate is included in the hydraulic signal.