The Haniwa Pair places two of the ancient clay figures in compositional relationship, allowing Saito to explore the interaction of simplified human forms—how similar shapes in proximity create rhythm and tension, how the space between figures carries as much formal weight as the figures themselves. This compositional move echoes his paired cat prints, suggesting that for Saito the problem of two identical or near-identical forms in dialogue was a persistent formal preoccupation.
Kamakura Daibutsu
1930
Color woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
大仏
Woodblock print
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Haniwa Pair was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Haniwa Pair depicts religious, still life, and abstract.
