Selected Views of the Tokaido Lake Art Print by Hasui Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm Physical geography takes precedence —

Physical geography takes precedence — mountain ranges rise in relief shading

the composition retains its full tonal range and crisp edge detail

gives the scene an almost atmospheric silence that defines the early 20th-century Japanese landscape tradition

surfaces accumulate meaning

The composition has a rhythmic

Selected Views of the Tokaido Lake Art Print by Hasui Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm Physical geography takes precedence —Selected Views of the Tokaido Lake by Hasui Kawase exemplifies the serene power of the shin hanga movement at its most assured. Hasui frames the scene with characteristic economy still water, a distant treeline, sky rendered in gradated wash drawing the viewer into a moment of complete quietude. The composition belongs to a long tradition of Japanese landscape printmaking, yet Hasui's sensitivity to light and atmosphere gives it an immediacy that