Snow at Daichi (Daichi no yuki)

Published under the Japanese title Daichi no yuki, this print depicts a snowy landscape at Daichi, a location that likely refers to a rural or semi-rural setting in Japan. The title belongs to a body of work in which Hasui systematically documented regional landscapes across Japan, often undertaken during his extensive sketching travels (shasei). Snow scenes of this type characteristically employ a limited palette — whites of the unpigmented washi paper for accumulated snow, grey-blue bokashi for sky and shadow — concentrating the viewer's attention on the geometric patterns of rooftops, paths, and vegetation under winter accumulation. Hasui's approach to named snow scenes follows in the tradition of Hiroshige's meisho-e (famous-place prints), reframing familiar and lesser-known sites through seasonal transformation. The Japanese subtitle indicates this was likely part of a formal series or named album.