Cloudy Day in Mito: 3rd Impression, Shôwa period, dated 1946

A row of wooden houses and thatched-roof buildings lines a narrow dirt path leading down to a beach, with a two-wheeled cart standing in the lane. Whitecapped waves roll in beneath a pale sky filled with dark grey clouds, rendered in muted greys, browns, and blues with touches of deep green foliage between the buildings. No human figures are visible in the scene. Kawase Hasui, "Cloudy Day in Mito: 3rd Impression," Shôwa period, dated 1946, woodblock print.