Geisha with Red Collar by Yamakawa Shuho Size:S - 30 x 40cm Warm depth emerges from the

Warm depth emerges from the material

Doudine's figure commands the frame with an elongated

finding humour and clarity in something completely ordinary

pale yellows and blues for the comet's glow — which heightens the sense of celestial scale

Geisha with Red Collar by Yamakawa Shuho Size:S - 30 x 40cm Warm depth emerges from theGeisha with Red Collar is a refined bijin ga portrait by Yamakawa Shuho, one of the foremost figure painters of the Taisho and early Showa periods. Shuho brought a delicate psychological presence to his portraits of women an attention to expression and posture that distinguished his work within the shin hanga movement. The red collar, set against the pale tones of the figure, is both a compositional anchor and a characteristic detail of his approach: