Maiko, Kyoto (H), Shôwa period, dated 1961
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
The 1961 Maiko Kyoto (H) print belongs to Saito's sustained engagement with the maiko—trainee geisha—as a subject for formal meditation. The maiko's elaborate costume, white makeup, and complex coiffure offered the same compositional richness as a Buddhist icon: an arranged surface of symbolic elements readable from a distance. The (H) designation marks this as the eighth in a series of maiko prints, each variant exploring a different pose or decorative arrangement of the figure.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Maiko, Kyoto (H), Shôwa period, dated 1961 was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Maiko, Kyoto (H), Shôwa period, dated 1961 depicts bijin-ga, set at Kyoto.
