Yakubu Hot Spring, Iwami Prefecture

Yakubu Onsen in Iwami, a historic hot spring district in what is now Shimane Prefecture, is one of the oldest onsen settlements in Japan, and this print documents its architecture and landscape character. The composition likely depicts the tiered wooden buildings of the onsen town rising against mountain or hillside terrain, their traditional construction reflected in the thermal waters or arranged along a narrow valley floor. Oda's treatment of provincial onsen towns brings the same documentary rigor he applied to urban harbor scenes—attentive to the specific character of local architecture, the quality of regional light, and the relationship between built structures and surrounding landscape. The print's palette would likely favor subdued earth tones and the grey-green of forested hillsides, with warm interior light emerging from paper-screened windows.