Pacific Ocean, Böshü

Bōshū refers to the Bōsō Peninsula in modern Chiba Prefecture, a coastline facing directly onto the Pacific. This oban-format shin-hanga print likely depicts the exposed Pacific shore in dramatic weather, featuring Hasui's characteristic rendering of ocean movement — cresting waves built through successive color printings and bokashi gradations across a turbulent sky. Hasui made several prints of the Pacific-facing coast during his travels through the Kantō region, documenting the rough eastern seaboard in contrast to the sheltered inland waters he also depicted. The composition would place the viewer at or near sea level, emphasizing the scale and force of open ocean rather than scenic calm. The palette likely draws on deep prussian blues and grey-greens for the water, with the horizon set high to maximize foreground wave action. Published by Watanabe Shōzaburō, whose workshop controlled the carving and printing, the washi ground carries carefully graded inks to convey the restless motion of the Pacific without losing formal clarity.