Autumn in Oirase
Hasui Kawase's 'Autumn in Oirase' draws the eye deep into a woodland stream canopied by fiery autumn foliage. The composition layers water, rock, and tree in the measured, rhythmic way that defines shin-hanga printmaking — each element placed with quiet intention. The colour work is exceptionally subtle: warm ochres and burnt reds dissolving into cool shadow, the stream carrying light through the lower half of the frame. The scene is still yet alive, that particular calm Kawase found in Japanese nature at its most seasonal and transient.
Printed as an archival fine art print in our Berlin studio, this piece retains the full delicacy of Kawase's original linework — the fine grain of the foliage, the gentle gradations of the water — with matte clarity that brings the season directly into the room.
Hasui Kawase's 'Autumn in Oirase' draws the eye deep into a woodland stream canopied by fiery autumn foliage. The composition layers water, rock, and tree in the measured, rhythmic way that defines shin-hanga printmaking — each element placed with quiet intention. The colour work is exceptionally subtle: warm ochres and burnt reds dissolving into cool shadow, the stream carrying light through the lower half of the frame. The scene is still yet alive, that particular calm Kawase found in Japanese nature at its most seasonal and transient.
Printed as an archival fine art print in our Berlin studio, this piece retains the full delicacy of Kawase's original linework — the fine grain of the foliage, the gentle gradations of the water — with matte clarity that brings the season directly into the room.
Original: $29.69
-65%$29.69
$10.39Description
Hasui Kawase's 'Autumn in Oirase' draws the eye deep into a woodland stream canopied by fiery autumn foliage. The composition layers water, rock, and tree in the measured, rhythmic way that defines shin-hanga printmaking — each element placed with quiet intention. The colour work is exceptionally subtle: warm ochres and burnt reds dissolving into cool shadow, the stream carrying light through the lower half of the frame. The scene is still yet alive, that particular calm Kawase found in Japanese nature at its most seasonal and transient.
Printed as an archival fine art print in our Berlin studio, this piece retains the full delicacy of Kawase's original linework — the fine grain of the foliage, the gentle gradations of the water — with matte clarity that brings the season directly into the room.
