Moon Coloring 2

Moon Coloring 2 continues the chromatic investigation begun in the first print of the series, likely shifting the landscape subject or the phase and position of the moon to explore a different aspect of lunar illumination. Where the first print may have established cooler blue-white tonalities, the second might introduce warmer undertones — the amber cast of a moon lower in the sky, or the way reflected light warms the surfaces it touches. Hasegawa's inherited sensitivity to material and surface from his family's lacquer tradition would inform his attention to how moonlight reads differently across different textures and planes within the landscape. The serial format allows him to treat the subject as a sustained investigation rather than a single resolved image, each print acting as an observation within a larger body of evidence about the relationship between lunar light and perceived color.