Keika hyakugiku Pl.15 1893 by Keika Hosegawa
Plate 15 features an anemone-form chrysanthemum — a cultivar distinguished by its broad, flat ray petals surrounding a dense, cushioned disc centre. Hosegawa renders the contrast between these two structural zones with care: the outer petals broad and gently reflexed, the inner disc compact and almost velvet-like in appearance. A second, smaller bloom leans into the frame from the lower edge, grounding the composition and establishing a quiet dialogue between open and closed forms. The 1893 series documented chrysanthemum variety at its most diversified, and this plate is among its botanically richest entries.
The layered structure of this cultivar — open ray, dense centre — translates beautifully onto canvas. This canvas print, produced in our Berlin studio, uses the woven texture to draw out depth in the cushioned disc and warmth in the pale outer petals, giving the composition a tactile dimension absent from paper editions.
Plate 15 features an anemone-form chrysanthemum — a cultivar distinguished by its broad, flat ray petals surrounding a dense, cushioned disc centre. Hosegawa renders the contrast between these two structural zones with care: the outer petals broad and gently reflexed, the inner disc compact and almost velvet-like in appearance. A second, smaller bloom leans into the frame from the lower edge, grounding the composition and establishing a quiet dialogue between open and closed forms. The 1893 series documented chrysanthemum variety at its most diversified, and this plate is among its botanically richest entries.
The layered structure of this cultivar — open ray, dense centre — translates beautifully onto canvas. This canvas print, produced in our Berlin studio, uses the woven texture to draw out depth in the cushioned disc and warmth in the pale outer petals, giving the composition a tactile dimension absent from paper editions.
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Plate 15 features an anemone-form chrysanthemum — a cultivar distinguished by its broad, flat ray petals surrounding a dense, cushioned disc centre. Hosegawa renders the contrast between these two structural zones with care: the outer petals broad and gently reflexed, the inner disc compact and almost velvet-like in appearance. A second, smaller bloom leans into the frame from the lower edge, grounding the composition and establishing a quiet dialogue between open and closed forms. The 1893 series documented chrysanthemum variety at its most diversified, and this plate is among its botanically richest entries.
The layered structure of this cultivar — open ray, dense centre — translates beautifully onto canvas. This canvas print, produced in our Berlin studio, uses the woven texture to draw out depth in the cushioned disc and warmth in the pale outer petals, giving the composition a tactile dimension absent from paper editions.
