Ploughing the Rice Field
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Typical Price
- Rural landscape or harvest scene in excellent condition: $1,000–$4,000
- Good condition landscape: $400–$1,500
- Standard edition: $200–$600
Description
The rice field plowing scene belongs to the annual cycle of agricultural imagery that runs through Saito's work—the sequence of spring flooding, planting, summer tending, autumn harvest, and winter fallow that structured life in the Aizu region of his childhood. Plowing before flooding, with a horse or ox drawing the plow through the spring-soft earth, was the first act of the agricultural year, and Saito renders it with the reverence he accorded all fundamental human labor.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ploughing the Rice Field was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Ploughing the Rice Field depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and food & drink.