Joshu Hoshi Onsen by Hasui Painting-Japanese Unlike the more kinetic 'Jazz'

Unlike the more kinetic 'Jazz' plates

from the figure's trailing hair to the fruit-laden branches

The Brooch is one of the most tender and psychologically complex images the artist produced

letting the colour contrast do the work

guided by a modern illustrator's instinct for contrast and rhythm

Joshu Hoshi Onsen by Hasui Painting-Japanese Unlike the more kinetic 'Jazz'Joshu Hoshi Onsen depicts a remote mountain inn in deep winter, steam rising from the hot spring baths into cold night air while snow weighs heavily on the surrounding pines. Hasui Kawase renders the scene in a hushed blue white palette broken by the warm amber of lit windows a small human warmth against the indifferent cold of the landscape. The composition is intimate and enclosed, the forest pressing close, the sky dark above the ridge. It belongs