SAITO KIYOSHI (1907-1997)

GARDEN SYUGAKU-IN KYOTO GARDEN SENDO-GOSYO KYOTO (A) TOSYODAI-JI NARA (B) GION IN KYOTO (A) RYOAN-JI KYOTO (A) HOUSE IN KYOTO WINTER IN GIO-JI KYOTO WINDOW

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SAITO KIYOSHI (1907-1997)
Garden Syugaku-in Kyoto
Garden Sendo-gosyo Kyoto (A)
Tosyodai-ji Nara (B)
Gion in Kyoto (A)
Ryoan-ji Kyoto (A)
House in Kyoto
Winter in Gio-ji Kyoto
Window
Woodcut, each signed in ink in Roman script Kiyoshi Saito, sealed Kiyoshi, titled as above, numbered and dated in pencil, sealed Kiyoshi, and with paper slip affixed to verso printed in Roman letters Self-carved self-printed Kiyoshi Saito, the first numbered 24/70 and dated 1958, 20 x 26.7/8in. (51.5 x 68.2cm.); the second numbered 30/70 and dated 1958, 20 x 27in. (52 x 68.5cm.); the third numbered 42/80 and dated 1959, 10 x 27in. (51.5 x 68.6cm.); the fourth numbered 24/80 and dated 1959, 17.7/8 x 23in. (45.5 x 60.2cm.); the fifth numbered 52/150 and dated 1960, 17.7/8 x 23.7/8in. (45.3 x 60.5cm.); the sixth numbered 5/100 and dated 1963, 17.7/8 x 24.1/8in. (45.5 x 61.2cm.); the seventh numbered 60/100 and dated 1964, 23 x 18in. (60.3 x 45.8cm.); the eighth numbered 7/100 and dated 1965, 23.5/8 x 18in. (60 x 45.6cm.), some with minor tape stains on edges (8)

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For other impressions of the third see Wood Cut Prints Kiyoshi Saito (Tokyo: Kiyoshi Saito Studio, n.d. [1957]), twenty-third page (top); Saito Kiyoshi, Saito Kiyoshi no sekai (The world of Saito Kiyoshi) (Nagano: Asuka shobo, 1984), pl. 67; of the fourth see Wood Cut Prints Kiyoshi Saito (Tokyo: Kiyoshi Saito Studio, n.d. [1957]), twenty-first page (lower left).