Kiyoshi Saitō Katsura Kyoto (L) 1964 Reproduction Print

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Artist: Kiyoshi Saito – Japanese – (1907-1997)
Title: Katsura, Kyoto (L)
Year: 1964
Medium: Woodblock
Image size: 18 x 24 … Read more Artist: Kiyoshi Saito – Japanese – (1907-1997)
Title: Katsura, Kyoto (L)
Year: 1964
Medium: Woodblock
Image size: 18 x 24 inches.
Sheet size: 21.5x 28.5 inches.
Signature: Signed, sealed lower left.
Edition:100. This one: 28/100
Condition: Good
Unframed

This wonderful Japanese woodblock print is by the Sosaku hanga master Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997). The print depicts a view in the garden of the Katsura Imperial villa in Kyoto. It is in good condition with some very mild toning visible in the lower margin as well as faint creases in the margins, the most visible being in the lower left corner. Please see pictures.

Kiyoshi Saito is one of the most important Japanese print artists of the 20th century. Here is a short biography from Wikipedia. There is much more biographical information online.

Kiyoshi Saitō - (April 27, 1907 – November 14, 1997, born in Aizubange, Fukushima) was a sōsaku-hanga artist in 20th-century Japan. In 1938, he issued his first prints in his now famous "Winter in Aizu" series. Saitō was one of the first Japanese printmaking artists to have won at the São Paulo Biennale in 1951. Saitō's early works depict villages populated with local Japanese with a high degree of realism and three-dimensionality. His more mature works merge modern elements with Japanese tradition. His prints feature architecture and plant life flattened in two-dimensionality. Saito's work is known for fusing artistic Eastern and Western ideas and styles. He was inspired and influenced by Western artists including Paul Gauguin, Henry Matisse, and Pablo Picasso while also keeping to the long tradition of Japanese wood-block printmaking. He spent time in Paris, and did a series there. See less