The 1963 Aizu Fukushima print belongs to Saito's most personal body of work—images of the Fukushima region where he was born and to which he returned compulsively throughout his long life. By this date his Aizu images had achieved their most refined form: thatched farmhouses rendered as geometric solids, winter landscapes abstracted to near-pure composition, the memory of home distilled to its structural essence. These were not topographical records but emotional portraits of a place.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Aizu Fukushima was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清) in 1963?.
Aizu Fukushima depicts landscapes, architecture, and village scenes.
Aizu Fukushima measures 26 × 38.7 cm.
