Biyakugoji, Nara / Saitô Kiyoshi
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- Accession Number
- 1986/2.68
- Title
- Biyakugoji, Nara
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Object Creation Place
- Asia
- Japan
- Creation Place 1
- Asia
- Creation Place 2
- Japan
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Lawrence Preuss
- Style/Group/Movement
- Sôsaku hanga
- Inscription
- Signature and seal in the lower right: Kiyoshi Saito
- Period
- Japan, Showa Era (1926-1989)
- Dimensions
- 45 cm x 60.8 cm (17 11/16 in. x 23 15/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Physical Description
- The composition has a wide path in the middle heading into the background, with buildings on eiher side and three telephone poles in the middle. The top of a tree can be seen over the buildings in the top left of the scene. The front center portion of the pathway has some darker horizontal marks, and a dark figure is on the pathway in the center right of the composition.
- Subject Matter
- This woodblock print depicts a figure walking down a street in Nara, Japan.
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- infrastructural elements
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- plants
- roads
- roads by form
- settlements and landscapes
- system components
- transportation spaces
- utilities components
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Rights
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1413 x 991
- File Size
- 186 KB
- Record
- 1986/2.68
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1986-sl-2.68/1986_2.68.jpg
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"Biyakugoji, Nara; Saitô Kiyoshi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1986-sl-2.68/1986_2.68.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
