Procession to the Torinomachi festival in the rice fields of Asakusa by Hiroshige Landscape the eyes closed in an

the eyes closed in an expression that sits between ecstasy and absence

Flat passages of tone meet gestural marks in a balance that feels both modern and timeless

The composition draws the eye directly to the subject

centralised focus

glowing bouquet in which colour operates beyond botanical description and enters the realm of feeling

Procession to the Torinomachi festival in the rice fields of Asakusa by Hiroshige Landscape the eyes closed in anProcession to the Torinomachi Festival in the Rice Fields of Asakusa captures a moment of seasonal ritual in Edo period Japan a winding procession moving through flooded rice paddies under an autumn sky. Hiroshige structures the scene around the strong diagonal of the path, which guides the eye from the lower foreground through the line of figures to the distant shrine torii just visible against the pale horizon. The reflections in the water fields