Untitled [Child with straw leggings] / Saitô Kiyoshi
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.31
- Title
- Untitled [Child with straw leggings]
- Artist
- Saitô Kiyoshi
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1907 - 1997)
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Alva Gordon Sink
- Style/Group/Movement
- Sôsaku hanga
- Dimensions
- 40.9 cm x 28.1 cm (16 1/8 in. x 11 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Secondary Object Type
- figure in landscape
- Physical Description
- A child ventures out into the deep snow, holding up his broad leggings which are insulated with straw. Behind him, the house wall is plastered with two messages: "Careful with fire!" and "Felecitations for the Spring Equinox".
- Subject Matter
- This image evokes winter in the deep "snow country" on the northwest coast of Japan, facing the Japan sea.
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- children (people by age group)
- fences
- figures (representations)
- leggings
- signs
- snow
- straw work
- walking
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- declaratory and advertising artifacts
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- main garments
- main garments for the lower body
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- open spaces and site elements
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- physical sciences concepts
- precipitation
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- site elements
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- writing (processes)
- youth
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1906 x 2766
- File Size
- 701 KB
- Record
- 1998/2.31
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1998-sl-2.31/1998_2.31.jpg
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"Untitled [Child with straw leggings]; Saitô Kiyoshi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1998-sl-2.31/1998_2.31.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 02, 2024.