Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
Saito Kiyoshi (1907-1997) | Otaru Hokkaido | Showa period, 20th century
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November 18, 03:42 PM GMT
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Saito Kiyoshi (1907-1997)
Otaru Hokkaido
Showa period, 20th century
woodblock print, signed in black ink in Roman script Kiyoshi Saito, sealed in red in Japanese Kiyoshi, titled in pencil to the bottom margin as above, watermark to paper at bottom right margin Kiyoshi Saito, dated 1948, numbered 28/50
38.7 x 52.4 cm., 15¼ x 20⅝ in.
A clear day by the harbour of the port town of Otaru, Hokkaido, rendered in pointillistic revelry. The almost blimp-like clouds appear in solid, curving swathes over the planar landscape.
For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of the the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (The AGGV), Canada, object number 1980.019.001, go to: