75th Anniversary of Tokyo University — 東大創立75年

A commemorative woodblock print marking the 75th anniversary of Tokyo University (東大) in 1952. Hasui likely depicted a recognizable feature of the Hongo campus—the Akamon gate, the main hall, or a courtyard framed by seasonal foliage—rendered with the atmospheric sensitivity that defined his mature work. The campus's combination of Meiji-era Western-style buildings and established trees offered compositional material well-suited to his approach: solid architectural volumes set against softly graded skies, with seasonal color providing the emotional register. As with his landscape designs, the print balances fidelity to the specific site with the broader poetic mood that made his work commercially and critically successful throughout the postwar decade.