Toyama Plain (Toyama no hara), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"

About this print, Kawase Hasui wrote: Alighting from the national electric train at Ôkubo station, I hurried toward the Toyama Plain. I wanted to depict the winter moon, which could be compared to an old woman’s makeup in its graceful but frail nature. Even though night had just fallen, the scene was deserted in the cold, withered, and wintry group of trees, eerie in the blurred lights visible in the forest. The moon casts a pale blue light.