Otaru Hokkaido
- Date:
- 1948
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Dimensions:
- 38.8 × 52 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Typical Price
- Exceptional or early edition Saito print in fine condition: $3,000–$15,000
- Good condition mid-career print: $500–$2,000
- Standard edition: $200–$600
Description
The 1948 Otaru Hokkaido print shows Saito engaging with Japan's northern frontier city—Otaru's port district, with its canal lined by stone merchant warehouses built in the late Meiji and Taisho periods, offered an architectural character somewhere between Japanese and Russian-influenced northern European. The canal warehouses, with their stone walls and wooden loading platforms, suited his geometric reduction: solid masses reflected in dark water, the horizontal composition of a port city at the edge of Japan.
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Featured in Collections
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Frequently Asked Questions
Otaru Hokkaido was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清) in 1948.
Otaru Hokkaido depicts urban scenes, seascapes, and architecture.
Otaru Hokkaido measures 38.8 × 52 cm.