About This Print
An untitled scene of four people going about their business in a rural village, possibly the artist's early boyhood home of Aizu, on a summer's day. When it was released as part of an offering of six Saitō prints by the Book-of-the-Month Club, it was titled The Seasons: Summer.
Print Details
IHL Catalog | #636 |
Title | untitled (Summer in Aizu) [English title sometimes seen as The Seasons: Summer] |
Series | none |
Artist | Saitō Kiyoshi (1907-1997) |
Signature | Kiyoshi Saito |
Seal | 清 Kiyoshi seal |
Publication Date | not dated (c. 1960-1970) |
Edition | unlimited edition |
Publisher | self-published |
Carver | self-carved |
Printer | 摺 いけがみ printer Ikegami [stamped verso] |
Impression | excellent |
Colors | excellent |
Condition | excellent |
Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
Miscellaneous | |
Format | dai oban |
H x W Paper | 11 1/4 x 17 in. (28.6 x 43.2 cm) |
H x W Image | 10 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (26.7 x 38.7 cm) |
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8/24/2018