Keika hyakugiku Pl.12 1893 by Keika Hosegawa Edvard Munch cool blues that shift the

cool blues that shift the mood considerably from the magenta version

with precise graphic marks punctuating a largely monochromatic field

creating a sense of perpetual forward movement

is more than the sum of its parts

The title's literary allusion adds a layer of cool detachment — beauty as power

Keika hyakugiku Pl.12 1893 by Keika Hosegawa Edvard Munch cool blues that shift thePlate 12 from Hasegawa's Kyoto published series documents a spidery, ray petalled chrysanthemum cultivar the long, filament like petals curling outward and downward in elegant arcs. Where many botanical plates favour the fully opened bloom, this composition captures the cultivar mid unfurl, giving the image a sense of suspended movement. The ink lines thin to almost invisible at each petal tip, while a restrained ochre and white palette keeps the mood