Autumn at the Arayu Hot Spring, Shiobara

A narrow, rising village street is lined with dark wooden inns and shophouses on both sides, their upper-story balconies and eaves rendered in deep browns and blacks; a tall green tree stands at the bend where the street curves toward a large blue mountain silhouetted against a sky filled with white clouds. In the foreground a figure in a dark blue robe walks downhill carrying a bag, with a second, smaller figure further up the sloping path. Warm tan and orange tones along the horizon contrast with the cool blues of the mountain and sky, giving the scene a quiet, late-day atmosphere. Kawase Hasui, 1920, woodblock print, ink and color on paper.