The 1960 Shoji-View of Garden shows Saito using the translucent paper screen not just as a subject but as a compositional device—the shoji frame organizing the garden view behind it into a grid of rectangles, each cell containing a different fragment of the landscape beyond. This treatment turns the garden into an abstract composition, the shoji functioning like the edges of the woodblock print itself, imposing geometric order on natural variety. The visual argument is that Japanese garden design and woodblock printing share a common formal logic.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Shoji-View of Garden, Shôwa period, 1960 was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Shoji-View of Garden, Shôwa period, 1960 depicts landscapes, gardens, and interiors.
