Hot Spring Inn by Gōyo Hashiguchi
Hot Spring Inn places the viewer in a moment of private stillness. A woman in a patterned kimono sits or stands in the interior of a traditional inn, surrounded by the spare, considered elements of Japanese domestic space. Hashiguchi's composition uses negative space with confidence — the eye moves slowly, finding beauty in what is withheld. The colour work is restrained: soft indigos, warm creams, and the subdued green of fabric folds. Created in the shin-hanga tradition of the early 20th century, the print merges Western compositional influence with the precise linework of Japanese woodblock art.
On canvas, the stillness of this image deepens. The textured surface gives Hashiguchi's refined lines a tactile presence, and the warmth of a canvas print draws out the intimacy of the scene. Made in our Berlin studio.
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Hot Spring Inn by Gōyo Hashiguchi
Hot Spring Inn places the viewer in a moment of private stillness. A woman in a patterned kimono sits or stands in the interior of a traditional inn, surrounded by the spare, considered elements of Japanese domestic space. Hashiguchi's composition uses negative space with confidence — the eye moves slowly, finding beauty in what is withheld. The colour work is restrained: soft indigos, warm creams, and the subdued green of fabric folds. Created in the shin-hanga tradition of the early 20th century, the print merges Western compositional influence with the precise linework of Japanese woodblock art.
On canvas, the stillness of this image deepens. The textured surface gives Hashiguchi's refined lines a tactile presence, and the warmth of a canvas print draws out the intimacy of the scene. Made in our Berlin studio.
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Hot Spring Inn places the viewer in a moment of private stillness. A woman in a patterned kimono sits or stands in the interior of a traditional inn, surrounded by the spare, considered elements of Japanese domestic space. Hashiguchi's composition uses negative space with confidence — the eye moves slowly, finding beauty in what is withheld. The colour work is restrained: soft indigos, warm creams, and the subdued green of fabric folds. Created in the shin-hanga tradition of the early 20th century, the print merges Western compositional influence with the precise linework of Japanese woodblock art.
On canvas, the stillness of this image deepens. The textured surface gives Hashiguchi's refined lines a tactile presence, and the warmth of a canvas print draws out the intimacy of the scene. Made in our Berlin studio.
