Kaki no aizu (20), Shôwa period, dated 1976
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
Kaki no aizu (20)—the twentieth in what appears to have been a numbered series of Aizu prints from 1976—shows Saito in his late sixties still producing new variations on his home landscape. The series number suggests a systematic revisitation of the Aizu theme late in his career, each numbered print offering a slightly different angle, season, or detail of the region's farmhouse landscape. The persimmon reference in the title would add warm orange to the otherwise cool winter palette.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kaki no aizu (20), Shôwa period, dated 1976 was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Kaki no aizu (20), Shôwa period, dated 1976 depicts landscapes, architecture, and village scenes.