Shoji katsura
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
Typical Price
- Well-known Kyoto garden or temple composition in excellent condition: $1,500–$5,000
Shoji katsura—the translucent paper sliding screens of Katsura Imperial Villa—were among the most formally compelling elements of the villa's architecture, organizing interior space through a grid of wooden framework and [washi](/glossary/washi) paper that filtered natural light into the rooms beyond. For Saito the shoji grid was a ready-made geometric composition, the woodblock medium's own flat logic meeting its architectural equivalent—both systems of organized planes creating spatial experience from the relationship of line and surface.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Shoji katsura was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Shoji katsura depicts interiors.
