Snow at Zojoji Temple, Shiba (Zojyoji) — 芝増上寺

A second impression in the 芝増上寺 group, this oban-format print captures Zojoji Temple's Sangedatsumon gate in the visual language of Hasui's mature shin-hanga style. The composition's repeated publication suggests its sustained commercial appeal, and comparison between numbered impressions within this group often reveals incremental shifts in pigment saturation, key block crispness, or bokashi gradation that indicate a progression through the edition run. In this meisho-e view, the gate's upper levels—with their steeply pitched tile roofs—bear the visible weight of accumulated snow, differentiated from the sky above by the cold shadow Hasui places under each eave. The foreground precinct, unbroken by decorative incident, focuses attention on the gate's architectural geometry. Small staffage figures, if present, are subsidiary to the architectural subject. The print belongs to Hasui's long engagement with Tokyo's historic temple sites as subjects for seasonal landscape—a body of work that positioned shin-hanga as a continuation, rather than a departure, from Hiroshige's meisho-e precedents.