Buddha Asyura (D)
- Date:
- 1959
- Medium:
- Color woodcut
- Image courtesy of
- Artsy
Description
A three-faced head fills the composition: a central face rendered in deep rust-red with a gray, textured band across the eyes and brow, flanked by two gray profile faces with white almond-shaped eyes turned outward to either side. Above and beside the heads, six bent arms rendered in gray cross-hatched texture radiate upward and outward against the black hair mass and cream background. The palette is limited to black, gray, rust-red, and cream, with a small red seal and pencil signature at lower right; a woodcut color print by Saito Kiyoshi, 1959.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Buddha Asyura (D) was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清) in 1959.
Buddha Asyura (D) depicts temples & shrines and religious.