Tenno Temple, Osaka by Hasui Illustration reflecting his interest in light

reflecting his interest in light

passers-by reduced to silhouettes — creates an intimacy that pulls the viewer into the scene rather than leaving them to observe from a distance

the work's bold palette and fine linework are reproduced with full clarity and precision

this one holds a different quality — expansive

Plate 33 closes this run of the Keika hyakugiku series with a cultivar whose petals splay outward in a star-like formation

Tenno Temple, Osaka by Hasui Illustration reflecting his interest in lightHasui Kawase brings Tenno Temple into the shin hanga tradition with the composed stillness that defines his finest work. The scene unfolds through layered planes of atmospheric light and shadow the architecture of the temple reading as solid and enduring against an environment rendered with the softest possible gradation. Hasui's command of tone and negative space is fully evident here: he says as much through what he withholds as through what he