was a '' sōsaku-hanga'' artist in 20th-century

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. In 1938, he issued his first prints in his now famous "Winter in Aizu" series. Saitō was one of the first Japanese

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artists to have won at the São Paulo Biennale in 1951. Saitō's early works depict villages populated with local Japanese with a high degree of

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and three-dimensionality. His more mature works merge modern elements with Japanese tradition. His prints feature

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and plant life flattened in two-dimensionality. He spent time in

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, and did a series there. Kiyoshi Saito's woodblock prints titled “Autumn” are considered extremely rare and valuable.

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Yanaizu Municipal Saito Kiyoshi Museum
of Yanaizu in the prefecture Fukushima

The Cats of Saito {{DEFAULTSORT:Saito, Kiyoshi Japanese printmakers 1907 births 1997 deaths Artists from Fukushima Prefecture Sosaku hanga artists

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