Tenno Temple, Osaka by Hasui Illustration the graphic colour fields and

the graphic colour fields and typographic details of this Kuriosis Original are reproduced with vivid accuracy and precise edge clarity on the matte surface

It is among the more dramatically structured blooms in the collection

reflecting his interest in light

this one holds a different quality — expansive

Tenno Temple, Osaka by Hasui Illustration the graphic colour fields andHasui 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