Untitled (Small Temple)
- Date:
- 1907
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Dimensions:
- 29.4 × 43.6 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A thatched, curved-roof structure with a torii-like beam above its entrance sits centered among bare, dark tree trunks rendered in a mottled black-and-gray stippled texture. A row of round stepping stones leads up a light tan-brown path toward the building's dark entrance posts. The palette is limited to black, warm brown, and gray-white, with a red seal and the artist's signature in the lower left; this color woodblock print, "Untitled (Small Temple)" by Saito Kiyoshi, 1907, has a quiet, shadowed, forest-enclosed mood.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Untitled (Small Temple) was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清) in 1907.
Untitled (Small Temple) depicts temples & shrines.
Untitled (Small Temple) measures 29.4 × 43.6 cm.