Cherry Blossoms in the Night by Hasui Gallery Wall Henry Hu - White Hot their variegated surfaces cross-hatched to

their variegated surfaces cross-hatched to suggest depth

the whole picture held together by the fog's characteristic refusal to resolve into clear form

warm desert tones

anchoring the composition and lending it the meditative stillness that defines Shōtei's best landscape work

lit by a palette of warm skin tones set against flatter

Cherry Blossoms in the Night by Hasui Gallery Wall Henry Hu - White Hot their variegated surfaces cross-hatched toCherry Blossoms in the Night is Hasui's treatment of one of Japanese culture's most charged subjects sakura at the moment it becomes most elusive. The blossoms appear not in bright daylight but under the diffuse glow of lanterns and a darkened sky, their pale petals softened further by night. Hasui understood that beauty gains poignancy at its edges: the blossoms are most themselves just before they fall, most visible against what obscures them. The