Yûhi Falls at Shiobara (Shiobara Yûhi no taki), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshû)

Kawase Hasui's "Tabi miyage" (旅みやげ, "Souvenirs of Travel") series, launched in 1919 through publisher Watanabe Shozaburo, documented scenic sites across Japan in the emerging shin-hanga style. This print depicts Yûhi Falls (夕日滝, "Sunset Falls") at Shiobara, a gorge-valley hot-spring resort in Tochigi Prefecture where deeply wooded ravines frame multiple cascades along the Hokkigawa River. The composition places the waterfall as a central vertical element, with surrounding vegetation—carved to differentiate foliage types—framing the cascade on both sides. Hasui employed bokashi gradation to render mist at the waterfall's base and the atmospheric light filtering through dense tree cover. The natural texture of the washi paper contributes to the rendering of moving water. Shiobara's picturesque combination of rushing water, mountain forest, and particular quality of light suited Hasui's mature landscape vocabulary, and this early series print shows his compositional instincts already fully developed.