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This print maintains Koitsu Ishiwata's reputation gained for depicting life in Tokyo and Yokohama's streets. Choshi is a port city in the subprefecture Chiba of Tokyo and is a developing tourist destination as well as a home to many industries in Chiba. This print is a characteristic Koitsu scene at dusk in a neighborhood. The depiction of night, darkness, mist and rain became more prominent after the Meiji era because the European influence taught Japanese artists how better to construct space, depth and shadow in darker conditions. In this print the d-seal label, title (on the right margin) and artist's seal can all be seen which lends to it's authenticity as well as its credibility as a first printing of the series. This is one of Koitsu's most well known works and is even today in high demand amongst collectors all over the world.