Harbour Sunset by Hasui Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm leaving deliberate voids that carry

leaving deliberate voids that carry as much meaning as the marks themselves

and an exuberance that feels both wild and controlled

Willow Bough achieves its effect through restraint: a limited palette

Working in the language of modern poster design

Harbour Sunset by Hasui Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm leaving deliberate voids that carryHarbour Sunset bathes a calm Japanese port in the amber and rose of the fading sun. Hasui Kawase arranges the composition with his characteristic economy moored vessels low on the water, their masts drawn as fine verticals against a sky moving from deep orange at the horizon to cool violet above. The water mirrors this transition in shimmering horizontal bands. It is a study in fleeting light, the shin hanga tradition capturing the precise moment