Hirato Nagasaki, Shôwa period, dated 1965
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
The 1965 Hirato Nagasaki print places this historically resonant island in Saito's mature style—by this date his compositions had achieved maximum compression, the image reading as pure geometric structure rather than topographical record. Hirato's mixture of surviving European-era stone structures and traditional Japanese buildings offered him an unusually layered architectural vocabulary, different from the pure Japanese aesthetics of his Kyoto and Nara subjects.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hirato Nagasaki, Shôwa period, dated 1965 was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Hirato Nagasaki, Shôwa period, dated 1965 depicts landscapes, seascapes, and abstract, set at Nagasaki.