Buddha Siamese
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Saito's Siamese Buddha likely originated from his travels across Southeast Asia, where he encountered sacred images distinct from the Japanese Buddhist canon—elongated crowns, sinuous hand gestures, gilded surfaces that absorbed and reflected temple lamplight differently than the painted wood of Nara's statues. He translates these qualities into the woodblock medium through bold contour lines and areas of saturated color, treating the foreign icon with the same searching geometric attention he brought to the Buddhas of Horyuji.
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Buddha Siamese was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Buddha Siamese depicts temples & shrines and religious.
