Snow, Boston, Shôwa period, dated 1963
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Typical Price
- Fine Aizu snow scene or winter landscape: $800–$3,000
- Good condition Tohoku landscape: $300–$1,000
- Standard edition: $200–$600
Description
Snow, Boston from 1963 shows Saito finding in New England winter a visual experience that rhymed with his Aizu homeland—deep snow on rooftops, the compressed grey light of a northern winter sky, the bare branches of deciduous trees against a white ground. Boston under snow gave him architectural forms familiar from his Japan work but made exotic by their brick and clapboard surfaces, American winter through Japanese eyes finding the same geometric fundamentals.
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The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1832/38
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Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
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Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snow, Boston, Shôwa period, dated 1963 was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Snow, Boston, Shôwa period, dated 1963 depicts snow scenes.