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flat architectural planes
giving the composition a physical urgency rare in landscape painting
There is a collage-like sensibility at work here: the image feels assembled rather than drawn
The composition is intimate in scale yet expansive in mood
one of the most highly regarded Nanga (literati) painters of the Edo period
Red Temple by Hasui Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm flat architectural planesRed Temple by Hasui Kawase depicts a vermillion shrine gate emerging through mist and bare winter branches a scene of absolute stillness charged with the quiet drama that defines the shin hanga movement. Hasui's command of atmospheric depth is evident in the layered tonal planes receding toward a pale sky, while the bold red of the torii anchors the composition with graphic certainty. The print exemplifies the movement's synthesis of traditional ukiyo