Winter in Aizu (Aizu no fuyu)
- Date:
- 1938
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Dimensions:
- 38.5 × 45.3 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
The 1938 Winter in Aizu (Aizu no fuyu) is among the earliest datable examples of the subject that would define Saito's international reputation—the deep-snow farmhouse landscape of Fukushima Prefecture rendered in the bold flat planes he was just beginning to develop. At this stage his approach was less compressed than his mature style but the essential formal vision is already present: the farmhouse reduced to its geometric mass, the snow treated as a flat white ground, the composition structured by the relationship of warm and cool tones.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Winter in Aizu (Aizu no fuyu) was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清) in 1938.
Winter in Aizu (Aizu no fuyu) depicts snow scenes and winter.
Winter in Aizu (Aizu no fuyu) measures 38.5 × 45.3 cm.
