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

and the particular quality of that coastal light

unhurried motion — tentacles trailing like ribbons through still water

There is no sense of threat

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

Late Autumn in Ichikawa Art Print by Hasui Material:400g Cotton Canvas and the particular quality 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