House in Aizu, Shôwa period, dated 1973
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
The 1973 Aizu farmhouse print—close in date to the 1972 House in Aizu—shows Saito returning once more to his home region in his mid-sixties, the imagery now distilled over decades of engagement. By 1973 his Aizu prints had absorbed every lesson of his career: the flat planes, the geometric reduction, the use of white paper ground for snow. The house itself, with its massive thatched or tin roof, had become less an architectural subject than a symbol of return, of origin, of what persists.
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Frequently Asked Questions
House in Aizu, Shôwa period, dated 1973 was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
House in Aizu, Shôwa period, dated 1973 depicts landscapes, architecture, and village scenes.