Catalogue of Woodcut Color Prints 1955

This print served as a frontispiece, cover image, or commemorative design for a 1955 publication cataloguing woodblock color prints — likely associated with a retrospective or commercial catalog of Hasui's work issued near the end of his career. By 1955 Hasui was in his early seventies and was designated a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government in 1956, making this a period of significant institutional recognition. The composition likely presents a characteristic landscape subject drawn from his established repertoire, functioning as a summative example of his mature style. Technically it would demonstrate the full range of shin-hanga printing capabilities developed across his decades of collaboration with Watanabe Shozaburo's atelier, including fine gradation work and the rich pigment layering associated with postwar Watanabe printings.