Tenno Temple, Osaka by Hasui Size:XL - 84.1 x 118.9cm (A0) the colour contrasts sharper and

the colour contrasts sharper and more insistent

This print delivers it

each spare

yet the whole image unified by Haeckel's masterful handling of tone and symmetry

Riddle Trees (Part 8) reintroduces a gestural energy that distinguishes it from the more meditative earlier parts of the series

Tenno Temple, Osaka by Hasui Size:XL - 84.1 x 118.9cm (A0) the colour contrasts sharper 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