Tenno Temple, Osaka by Hasui Illustration passers-by reduced to silhouettes —

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

this one holds a different quality — expansive

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

Tenno Temple, Osaka by Hasui Illustration passers-by reduced to silhouettes —Hasui 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