Two Women in the Rain by Ohara Koson Henri Rousseau The result is meditative and

The result is meditative and energetic at once

yet are entirely botanical

almost ceremonial quality

composed well enough to work as a room-defining object

its spotted coat echoing the layered foliage around it

Two Women in the Rain by Ohara Koson Henri Rousseau The result is meditative andTwo Women in the Rain distills a fleeting urban moment into quiet graphic poetry. Two figures move through the rain beneath parasols, their forms silhouetted against a soft, diffused background that suggests mist and movement without spelling it out. Koson works in the shin hanga spirit delicate line, restrained colour, and a mood that is more felt than described. The vertical composition emphasises the fall of rain and the rhythm of the women's