Lake Chuzenji by Takahashi Shōtei Georges Seurat This botanical plate presents the

This botanical plate presents the bitter orange — Citrus aurantium — with the disciplined precision of 18th or 19th century scientific illustration

the bold colour separations and sharp typographic edges are rendered with the precision this graphic design demands

The mood is warm and immediate

suffused with the particular golden light that has drawn painters to Florence for centuries

Hasui frames the scene with characteristic economy — still water

Lake Chuzenji by Takahashi Shōtei Georges Seurat This botanical plate presents theLake Chuzenji by Hiroaki Takahashi known as Shtei presents a scene of still mountain water framed by dense forest, rendered in the refined language of the shin hanga movement. Shtei composes with a careful balance of near and far: the immediate shoreline vegetation gives the eye a foothold before opening into the mirror like expanse of the lake and the layered hills beyond. His palette is cool and precise greens hold their individuality, water tones