House in Kyoto (B)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
The Kyoto townhouse—machiya—presented Saito with a different architectural problem than the temple gate or castle keep: a narrow, deep building type optimized for frontage on a commercial street, with a characteristic dark lattice facade and narrow entrance corridor leading to an inner garden. House in Kyoto (B) likely shows one of these traditional merchant dwellings, its street face a grid of wooden lattice that suited Saito's love of geometric pattern.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
House in Kyoto (B) was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
House in Kyoto (B) depicts urban scenes, architecture, and gardens, set at Kyoto.