Snow at Nezugongen Shrine — Nezu Gongen no Yuki

Titled in both romanization and Japanese — Nezu Gongen no Yuki — this print is among the explicitly titled editions of Hasui's Nezu Shrine snow series. The inclusion of the Japanese subtitle indicates a formal publication context, likely within one of Hasui's named landscape series issued by Watanabe Shozaburo. The composition centers on the Shinto shrine in Bunkyo, Tokyo, its architectural elements — torii, haiden, stone lanterns — read as dark silhouettes against or beneath a white snowfield. Hasui's handling of architectural snow scenes relied on precise keyblock registration to maintain crisp edges where rooflines meet sky, while allowing soft bokashi to convey the diffuse light of an overcast winter day. The print exemplifies the shin-hanga objective of fusing Western tonal awareness with traditional Japanese woodblock technique and subject matter.