Pale Squid Material:225g Fine Art Paper Akisu Lake by Hasui captures

Akisu Lake by Hasui captures the serene shin-hanga landscape style that made Hasui Kawase one of the most celebrated Japanese printmakers of the early twentieth century

without glare or loss of depth

the warm ochres and soft greens

as though the image has been built up from the ground rather than composed from above

the still surface of the park's lake reflecting both light and shadow

Pale Squid Material:225g Fine Art Paper Akisu Lake by Hasui capturesRendered with the meticulous precision of 19th century natural history illustration, this pale squid floats against a stark white field, its translucent mantle and trailing tentacles captured in cool, ghostly tones. The composition is at once scientific and quietly beautiful the absence of colour drama places all emphasis on form, texture, and the elegant symmetry of the creature's anatomy. It carries the cool stillness of a museum specimen plate