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.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
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.
