Samidare Arakawa Early summer rain at Arakawa 1940 by Hiroshi Yoshida The Ernst Haekel Set - Gallery Wall creating a meditative stillness even

creating a meditative stillness even within a scene of wet weather and motion

and stems interweave with a casual confidence that feels both contemporary and rooted in the long tradition of botanical art

a Berlin-based Brazilian illustrator

Meiji-era restraint governs every line: nothing is embellished

Samidare Arakawa Early summer rain at Arakawa 1940 by Hiroshi Yoshida The Ernst Haekel Set - Gallery Wall creating a meditative stillness evenSamidare Arakawa, created in 1940, depicts the early summer rain at the Arakawa river with the atmospheric restraint that defines Yoshida's finest work. A muted, overcast palette captures the particular quality of Japanese early summer light filtered through rain, while the river and its surroundings are rendered in flat, layered tones that draw equally on Western landscape tradition and the woodblock aesthetic of shin hanga. The effect is meditative,