Daitoku-ji, Kyoto

 

Kiyoshi Saito

  1907 - 1997 (biography)

c. 1960  

color woodcut 

10 1/16 x 15 3/16" image size 

signed in black ink and red 'Kiyoshi' artist's seal in image, lower right 

not stated 

 

 

fibrous cream wove 

published 

artist 

22651 

$950.00 

A stone pathway in the gardens of the early 14th century Daitoku-ji Zen temple complex in Kyoto, Japan. Saito created many images of this temple's courtyards, and two compositions of this same scene but from a slightly different angle. Temple courtyards and gardens were a frequent subject for Saito in the mid 20th century, and he deftly captured the simplicty, peace, and stillness that the builders of the medieval-era Zen temples often strived for.