![Title unknown [Street with White Wall Houses] by Saito Kiyoshi — Japanese Woodblock print, ink and color on paper, late 20th century](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/97212.jpg)
Title unknown [Street with White Wall Houses]
- Date:
- late 20th century
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 26.7 × 38.3 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Street with White Wall Houses—title reconstructed from observation, the original unrecorded—shows Saito finding in the white-plastered walls of traditional Japanese townscape the geometric language most native to his formal approach. White plaster walls, their surfaces interrupted by tile-capped tops and dark wooden windows, create a composition of near-pure geometry: the same logic as his karesansui garden prints, but achieved through vernacular urban architecture rather than deliberate artistic design.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Title unknown [Street with White Wall Houses] was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清) in late 20th century.
Title unknown [Street with White Wall Houses] depicts urban scenes.
Title unknown [Street with White Wall Houses] measures 26.7 × 38.3 cm.
