Two Women in the Rain by Ohara Koson Paul Gauguin deep shadows — gives the

deep shadows — gives the chart an almost meditative quality

hand-printed aesthetic root it firmly in the agitprop tradition

There is an almost joyful flatness to the image: no shadow

the era when anything seemed buildable given enough rope and ambition

exactly as the original composition demands

Two Women in the Rain by Ohara Koson Paul Gauguin deep shadows — gives theTwo 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