Keika hyakugiku Pl.12 1893 by Keika Hosegawa
Plate 12 documents one of the series' most dramatic cultivars: a spidery, quilled chrysanthemum whose tubular petals radiate outward in thin, curling filaments. The Meiji draughtsman's line is precise and unflinching — each quill tipped with a delicate curl, the mass of them creating an almost kinetic energy at the bloom's edge. Hosegawa sets the flower against a cool, neutral ground that throws its warm ochre tones into sharp relief. The result reads as simultaneously scientific and expressive, a hallmark of the 1893 woodblock botanical tradition at its most assured.
On canvas, the spidery petal filaments take on a new tactile quality — the woven surface of this canvas print from our Berlin studio creating a subtle visual correspondence with the radiating lines of the original. Depth and warmth emerge in the shadowed petal cores, anchoring the composition.
Plate 12 documents one of the series' most dramatic cultivars: a spidery, quilled chrysanthemum whose tubular petals radiate outward in thin, curling filaments. The Meiji draughtsman's line is precise and unflinching — each quill tipped with a delicate curl, the mass of them creating an almost kinetic energy at the bloom's edge. Hosegawa sets the flower against a cool, neutral ground that throws its warm ochre tones into sharp relief. The result reads as simultaneously scientific and expressive, a hallmark of the 1893 woodblock botanical tradition at its most assured.
On canvas, the spidery petal filaments take on a new tactile quality — the woven surface of this canvas print from our Berlin studio creating a subtle visual correspondence with the radiating lines of the original. Depth and warmth emerge in the shadowed petal cores, anchoring the composition.
Original: $38.84
-65%$38.84
$13.59Description
Plate 12 documents one of the series' most dramatic cultivars: a spidery, quilled chrysanthemum whose tubular petals radiate outward in thin, curling filaments. The Meiji draughtsman's line is precise and unflinching — each quill tipped with a delicate curl, the mass of them creating an almost kinetic energy at the bloom's edge. Hosegawa sets the flower against a cool, neutral ground that throws its warm ochre tones into sharp relief. The result reads as simultaneously scientific and expressive, a hallmark of the 1893 woodblock botanical tradition at its most assured.
On canvas, the spidery petal filaments take on a new tactile quality — the woven surface of this canvas print from our Berlin studio creating a subtle visual correspondence with the radiating lines of the original. Depth and warmth emerge in the shadowed petal cores, anchoring the composition.
