Tenno Temple, Osaka by Hasui Illustration this one holds a different

this one holds a different quality — expansive

It is celebratory in mood without being sentimental

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

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

Tenno Temple, Osaka by Hasui Illustration this one holds a differentHasui 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