Autumn river

This untitled autumn river scene belongs to the recurring landscape type in Hasui's work that centers on a Japanese waterway in seasonal transition. Hasui sketched rivers throughout Honshu, and such compositions typically place the viewer at water's edge, with autumn-tinted deciduous trees—maple, zelkova, or ginkgo—arching over calm water that mirrors their reflected color. The technical demands of this subject are considerable: the printer must achieve accurate reflections through reversed woodblock printing while maintaining the luminosity of still water. Bokashi gradation from darker foreground tones into lighter distances creates depth without linear perspective. Whether published by Watanabe or another publisher, the composition likely dates to the 1920s or 1930s, when Hasui was producing landscape prints at sustained pace.