Futamigaura, 1933

Two rocky islets joined by a thick shimenawa rope rise from calm water, silhouetted dark blue-black against a pink-and-orange sky streaked with wispy clouds at dusk or dawn. The sea in the foreground is pale blue-grey with soft horizontal reflections of the sky's color, and the composition is otherwise empty of figures or boats. Woodblock print, "Futamigaura," by Kawase Hasui, 1933.