Keika hyakugiku Pl.12 1893 by Keika Hosegawa Size:XL - 84.1 x 118.9cm (A0) and the kind of visual

and the kind of visual economy that made travel posters of this era so enduring

airy palette gives the piece an almost dreamlike quality — lush and inviting rather than theatrical

There is a tenderness in this mode of looking: the bird given its full dignity

The Siesta transposes the rhythms of midday rest into Van Gogh's unmistakably charged visual language

sharp edges on matte paper

Keika hyakugiku Pl.12 1893 by Keika Hosegawa Size:XL - 84.1 x 118.9cm (A0) and the kind of visualPlate 12 from Hasegawa's Kyoto published series documents a spidery, ray petalled chrysanthemum cultivar the long, filament like petals curling outward and downward in elegant arcs. Where many botanical plates favour the fully opened bloom, this composition captures the cultivar mid unfurl, giving the image a sense of suspended movement. The ink lines thin to almost invisible at each petal tip, while a restrained ochre and white palette keeps the mood