Omori kaigan (Omori shore), from

Omori-kaigan was a coastal area south of central Tokyo along Tokyo Bay, a stretch of shore known in the Meiji and Taisho periods for clam gathering and its proximity to the city's growing industrial districts. Hasui's print of the Omori shore likely depicts the tidal flats or beach area under a specific light condition — dawn, dusk, or night — with the water of Tokyo Bay extending toward the horizon and possibly the distant silhouette of the Izu Peninsula visible across the bay. The subject belongs to a category of urban-adjacent coastal views in Hasui's work that documented the shores and waterways of greater Tokyo before industrial expansion transformed them. The composition probably employs a low horizon with an expansive sky area treated in graduated bokashi to render the particular quality of light over open water, a format he used with consistency across his Tokyo bay subjects.