NINGYO DOLL WITH FAN AND SACK

Unlike the majority of Hasui's output, which concentrated on [meisho-e](/glossary/meisho-e) landscape subjects, this print depicts a traditional Japanese ningyo (人形), a display doll typically associated with Hinamatsuri or regional folk craft traditions. The composition isolates the figure against a plain ground, emphasizing the doll's costuming details—likely a formal kimono—alongside a folding fan and a small decorative sack, attributes that indicate ceremonial or auspicious symbolism. Hasui would have employed fine key-block line work to delineate textile patterns, with delicate flat color fills conveying the lacquered or painted surface of the doll's face. Such figural subjects appear occasionally in his broader catalog and demonstrate the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) movement's interest in Japanese material culture beyond scenic topography.