Samidare Arakawa Early summer rain at Arakawa 1940 by Hiroshi Yoshida Kamisaka Sekka carrying the lightness of a

carrying the lightness of a fleeting natural moment frozen with precision

This archival fine art print captures the intricate linework and fine entomological detail of the original illustration with full fidelity

Printed in our Berlin studio on museum-grade fine art paper with archival pigment inks

a quiet tension that gives the work its enduring power

and a depth of colour that remains vivid more than a century after its creation

Samidare Arakawa Early summer rain at Arakawa 1940 by Hiroshi Yoshida Kamisaka Sekka carrying the lightness of aSamidare 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,