Eastern Hamlet, Horyu Temple (Horyuji higashi sato)

Eastern Hamlet at Horyu Temple, published in 1956, depicts the eastern precinct (Higashi Sato) of Horyuji — the seventh-century Buddhist temple complex near Nara that houses the world's oldest surviving wooden structures — and specifically the Chuguji convent and Yumedono (Hall of Dreams) octagonal hall that form its eastern extension. The 1956 date makes this among Hasui's final significant prints before his 1957 death, and his choice of Horyuji's eastern hamlet — quieter and less monumental than the western main precinct — reflects a late-career preference for intimate and unexpected compositions of well-known sites. The village setting (sato) gives the famous temple complex a domestic, human-scaled presence.