Kiyomizu in Spring Snow (Haru no Yuki [Kyô no Kiyomizu]), Shôwa period, dated 1932

This 1932 oban-format print depicts Kiyomizu-dera's iconic wooden stage and main hall under a haru no yuki — spring snow — a fleeting seasonal phenomenon that combines the lingering chill of winter with early signs of renewal. Hasui likely rendered the temple's projecting butai platform against a pale, overcast sky, with snow accumulating on the temple's cypress-bark roof and the bare or barely-budding hillside trees below. Spring snow prints occupied a distinct place in shin-hanga, distinguished from winter scenes by their softness and transience. Gradated bokashi in the sky and ground areas would create the diffuse atmospheric light typical of overcast spring days. Published by Kawaguchi Shōzaburō's successor house, this print belongs to Hasui's mature period, when his control of tonal gradation and compositional economy was fully realized.