Namari Spa, Iwate Prefecture (Iwate ken Namari onsen)

Namari Spa in Iwate Prefecture, published in 1943, depicts the Namari Onsen hot spring resort in the Hachimantai mountains of Iwate — a remote mountain spa in the geothermally active highlands of northern Honshu, surrounded by beech and birch forest. The Nude tag indicates this composition likely includes a figure bathing at or in the outdoor spa bath rather than a pure landscape, making it one of the few figure-inclusive subjects in Hasui's catalog. The wartime 1943 date and remote Iwate location suggest this was produced during a period when Hasui documented out-of-the-way domestic subjects as urban travel became more restricted.