Fuwatepuuru Shikuri A Window in Fatehpur-Sikri 1931 by Hiroshi Yoshida Gallery Wall Henry Hu - Candles its pale form almost luminous

its pale form almost luminous against the cool

and the composition refuses to be neatly contained

Light filters in from an unseen source

The palette — deep greens

Fuwatepuuru Shikuri A Window in Fatehpur-Sikri 1931 by Hiroshi Yoshida Gallery Wall Henry Hu - Candles its pale form almost luminousFuwatepuuru Shikuri frames one of the carved sandstone jali screens of the abandoned Mughal city of Fatehpur Sikri as both architectural study and meditation on light. Hiroshi Yoshida renders the intricate geometric lacework in precise tonal washes, the perforated stone filtering sunlight into a grid of shifting brightness and shadow on the surfaces beyond. His 1931 India journey produced a series of such interior views, each one using the shin hanga