Untitled [Child with straw leggings]
Saitō Kiyoshi
Description
Gallery Rotation Fall 2011
Saitô Kiyoshi
Japan, 1907–1997
Untitled [Child with straw leggings]
mid-20th century
Showa period (1926–89)
Color woodblock print on paper
Bequest of Alva Gordon Sink, 1998/2.31
Subject Matter:
This image evokes winter in the deep "snow country" on the northwest coast of Japan, facing the Japan sea.
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".
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