Ryôan-ji Stone Garden, Kyoto / Saitô Kiyoshi

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Accession Number
1959/2.86
Title
Ryôan-ji Stone Garden, Kyoto
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Artist Life Dates
(active 1907 - 1997)
Object Creation Date
1957
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
Japan (nation)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Style/Group/Movement
Sôsaku hanga
Dimensions
152.4 cm x 152.4 cm (60 in. x 60 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
color print
Physical Description
In this two-fold screen, the artist reveals the geometric beauty of the famous fifteenth-century stone garden at the Ryôanji temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Kyoto.
Subject Matter
Saitô Kiyoshi was a self-proclaimed fan of the Dutch De Stijl painter Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), known for paintings of pure geometry in primary colors and black. Saitô found his vocabulary of abstract forms particularly well-suited to conveying the austere, simple lines of centuries-old Japanese temples and architecture. By recasting Japanese art and culture in a modern idiom, Saitô’s work played an important role in legitimizing it in the eyes of the international art world.
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"Ryôan-ji Stone Garden, Kyoto; Saitô Kiyoshi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1959-sl-2.86/1959_2.86.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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