1906032

Color Woodblock by Kiyoshi Saito Village in #1906032

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Color Woodblock by Kiyoshi Saito Village in #1906032
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Kiyoshi Saito was born in 1907 in Fukushima prefecture. Kiyoshi Saito began by designing signs for store fronts in 1924 and developed his work it into a successful business. His love of art inspired him to sell his business and move to Tokyo in 1932. There he studied Western-style painting at the Hongo Painting Institute. While exhibiting his oils, he begun making woodblock prints (Hanga) by cutting and printing progressively from a single block. By 1937 he focused on only making woodblock prints and in 1938 he produced the Winter in Aizu series depicting the area where he lived as a child. In 1943, he met Onchi, which led to membership in the Nihon Hanga Kyokai (Japanese woodblock association). At the end of the war he exhibited with Un-ichi Hiratsuka and Hide Kawanishe in Tokyo. It was at this exhibition that he sold his first print. Saito died in 1997.<p>Image size 9 3/4 inches high X 14 3/8 inches wide. Very small margins. Artist signed in image under his seal on the left. Mounted on archival board. Untitled. See all photos.
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<tr><td>Condition:See Description</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Height:9.75</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:14.38</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Color Woodblock by Kiyoshi Saito Village in</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Charlotte Hall MD</td></tr>
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