Onuma Park in Hokkaido

One of Hasui's Onuma Park compositions depicting the celebrated lake-and-volcano landscape of Hokkaido's Oshima Subprefecture. Lake Onuma, formed by lava flows from Mount Komagatake, is dotted with more than one hundred small islets, and this design exploits the geometry of water, land, and volcanic silhouette to create a structured yet atmospheric [meisho-e](/glossary/meisho-e). The calm lake surface serves as a mirror for sky tone and mountain shape, a compositional device Hasui employed throughout his career in landscapes from Matsushima to Nikkō. Printed on high-quality [washi](/glossary/washi) using water-based pigments, the graded sky and reflective water demonstrate the technical refinement of Watanabe Shōzaburō's publishing operation and the collaborative craft that defined [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) production.