Literatuur uit Waseda 1906 - 1908

This is Nakazawa Hiromitsu's *Literatuur uit Waseda*. The dimensions are 221 mm height, 149 mm width. There is a beautiful simplicity about it, you know? I can imagine Hiromitsu carefully considering each character, feeling the weight of history and tradition as they apply brush to paper. Those bold black strokes, confident and deliberate, contrast with the softer, more organic forms in red. It’s almost like a dance between control and spontaneity. The texture of the paper itself becomes part of the piece. You can almost feel the slight roughness beneath your fingertips, a connection to the artist's hand. There’s a real conversation happening here, not just with language, but with the very act of mark-making. It reminds me of Cy Twombly, in a way, that same sense of playful exploration, of pushing the boundaries of what a painting can be. It’s all about embracing the unexpected, letting the materials lead the way. It's this exchange of ideas between artists across time that keeps it all alive.