Winter in Paris (C)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Saito visited Paris on several occasions, and his response to the city was characteristically idiosyncratic—ignoring the monuments to focus on wet streets, bookstall awnings, and the anonymous geometry of iron railings slick with rain. Winter in Paris carries the subdued palette of a northern European winter translated through a Japanese eye: dark tones, compressed space, the city reduced to its wet bones. The boldness of the [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) line makes the Parisian street feel unexpectedly Japanese in its formal resolution.
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 Paris (C) was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Winter in Paris (C) depicts snow scenes and winter.
