Deep Winter in Aizu
- Date:
- mid 20th century
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 30.2 × 43.7 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
The undated Deep Winter in Aizu—on woodblock print, ink and color on paper—belongs to the long sustained series of winter prints that constitute Saito's most celebrated body of work. The Aizu region's heavy snowfall, arriving early and staying late, transformed the landscape of thatched farmhouses and paddy fields into something that suited his mature abstraction perfectly: a world of white planes, black verticals, and the residual warmth of straw-colored roofs barely visible beneath their snow burden.
More Prints by Saito Kiyoshi
More Snow Scenes Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
Woodblock print
The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
Woodblock print
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Deep Winter in Aizu was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清) in mid 20th century.
Deep Winter in Aizu depicts snow scenes and winter.
Deep Winter in Aizu measures 30.2 × 43.7 cm.