Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997)Japanese, Woodblock Print

Titled, 'Entrance to Horyuji Temple', woodblock print, signed together with seal in lower right of image. Circa 1950/60.The works of Kiyoshi Saito were influenced by the cultural legacies of northern Japan and also sometimes by its scarce landscape. A certain folksy-archaic roughness and a simultaneous expressionist abstraction give them a distinctive sense of contemporary printing. Saito also stayed true to the traditional Japanese techniques. He connected them, however, to modern two dimensional geometric principles.Overall size: 18 x 23 in.Sight size: 11 x 16 in.