Keika hyakugiku Pl.12 1893 by Keika Hosegawa Edvard Munch with precise graphic marks punctuating

with precise graphic marks punctuating a largely monochromatic field

Giant lilies

creating a sense of perpetual forward movement

Spiral motifs appear compressed rather than unfolding

Keika hyakugiku Pl.12 1893 by Keika Hosegawa Edvard Munch with precise graphic marks punctuatingPlate 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