Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1940 An oban tate-e print titled along the left margin Amagasaki Daimotsu (Daimotsu, Amagasaki) depicting a tranquil moonlit evening showing a guard seated on top of planks of wood in front of a timber-built hut on the river embankment keeping himself warm by a fire, the flames rising towards the direction of the industrial harbour district on the distant right, from the series Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen (Collected Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition), dated Showa jugonen saku (Work of Showa 15 [1940]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with a Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo seal along the lower right margin; signed Hasui with Kawase seal. 39.2cm x 26.2cm (15 3/8in x 10 5/16in).