Kanago Village, Ibaraki Prefecture (Kanagomura (Ibaraki ken))

Kanago Village in Ibaraki Prefecture, published in 1954, depicts a rural settlement in the flat Ibaraki countryside — the Kanago village with its traditional farmhouses, rice paddies, and agricultural landscape of the Kanto plain's northeastern reaches. The 1954 late-career date and village subject reflect Hasui's sustained documentation of Japan's ordinary rural landscape alongside its celebrated scenic monuments, his eye for the beauty of modest village architecture and farm scenery providing a counterpoint to the grand landmarks that populate most of his catalog. The Village Scenes tag indicates an emphasis on domestic vernacular architecture.