Late Autumn in Ichikawa Art Print by Hasui Material:400g Cotton Canvas and the overall sense of

and the overall sense of abundance add up to something closer to a mosaic than a field guide

The work sits within a broader contemporary tradition of objects reframed through conceptual illustration

deep greens in the canopy

There is no sense of threat

drawing on the long tradition of botanical draughtsmanship while speaking a distinctly contemporary visual language

Late Autumn in Ichikawa Art Print by Hasui Material:400g Cotton Canvas and the overall sense ofA late autumn afternoon settles over Ichikawa in this quietly magnificent Kawase Hasui landscape. Bare or sparsely leafed trees frame a receding path or waterway, their thin branches sketched against a pale sky that holds the last warmth of the season. Hasui works in the shin hanga tradition: colour is applied in flat, luminous washes that shift from cold blue grey in the distance to softer ochres closer to the viewer. The composition is still even a