View of Kobe Harbour

A second harbor composition, presenting the Kobe port from a different vantage or in a different season than the companion print of the same subject. Kawanishi returned to the waterfront repeatedly across his career, and the body of harbor prints functions almost as a serial study, with each sheet recording a particular angle, weather, or moment of activity. The view here is likely taken from one of the elevated points along the foothills above the city, giving a panoramic sweep that takes in piers, quay buildings, and the ships of the bay. Color is the principal compositional tool: flat, saturated blues for water and sky set against ochre, terracotta, and grey for the built structures, with the keyblock providing only the necessary outlines. The print belongs to the regional sosaku-hanga tradition of artists rooting their practice in a single home city.