Tenno Temple, Osaka by Hasui Illustration The palette is deliberately sparse

The palette is deliberately sparse

this one holds a different quality — expansive

Biomorphic forms in pale pinks

This archival fine art print is produced on fine art paper in our Berlin studio

hand-coloured tones

Tenno Temple, Osaka by Hasui Illustration The palette is deliberately sparseHasui 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