Tree Red Peony by Kazumasa Exhibition Hokusai There is a collage-like sensibility

There is a collage-like sensibility at work here: the image feels assembled rather than drawn

not a loosening of Morris's characteristic discipline

The woman at the centre is not selling so much as embodying — an ideal of grace and pleasure made visible through line and pigment

lending the scene the meditative stillness that defines the finest ukiyo-e landscape tradition

depending on the light

Tree Red Peony by Kazumasa Exhibition Hokusai There is a collage-like sensibilityThe tree peony holds a different character from its herbaceous counterpart more architectural, the bloom sitting atop a woody stem with a stateliness that Kazumasa captures with evident appreciation. In deep, saturated crimson, the petals cup inward at the centre, surrounding a cluster of golden stamens that punctuate the richness of the red. His collotype technique renders the gradations from petal edge to heart with exceptional accuracy, preserving