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Pottery and Haniwa
Pottery and Haniwa

Pottery and Haniwa

Date1952
Label TextOf all modern print artists, Saito Kiyoshi was perhaps the most prolific, and was almost certainly the most popular among foreign viewers. His prints employed the traditional woodblock medium to convey in simple shapes and bold colors the objects, buildings and scenery that most represented the familiar idea of "Japan." In this print, Saito has taken two iconic forms of Japanese art-the clay vessel and the ritual haniwa figure-and distilled them to their geometric properties. The abstraction of form and use of "primitive" motifs owes something to French artist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), who was himself inspired by 18th- and 19th-century Japanese prints.
Object number55.56
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
DimensionsImage: 29 3/4 x 18 1/8 in. (75.6 x 46 cm) Sheet: 33 x 21 3/4 in. (83.8 x 55.2 cm)
MediumWoodblock print
Image Not Available for A book of woodblock prints
A book of woodblock prints
Japanese
Object number: 98.16
Photo: Beth Mann
Ten Bamboo Series
Chinese
18th century
Object number: 34.1
Image Not Available for Print for New Year (surimono)
Print for New Year (surimono)
Japanese
ca. 1828
Object number: 97.66
Image Not Available for Yokohama annai ezu kaise shinsatsu, Map of Yokohama
Yokohama annai ezu kaise shinsatsu, Map of Yokohama
Japanese
1870
Object number: 98.53.30
Jishin hyakumamben, Earthquakes, the one millionth time
Jishin hyakumamben, Earthquakes, the one millionth time
Japanese
1830-75
Object number: 98.53.74
Image Not Available for Steady Gaze
Steady Gaze
Japanese
1952
Object number: 98.53.131
Photo: William Wickett
South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.15
Image Not Available for Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-33
Object number: 2010.47.2
Image Not Available for Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.47.3
Image Not Available for The Poem of Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto no Hitoshi), from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
The Poem of Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto no Hitoshi), from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.4
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
The Poem of Ariwara no Narihira (Ariwara no Narihira Ason)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.5
Image Not Available for The Poem of Ono no Komachi, from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse
The Poem of Ono no Komachi, from the series One Hundred Poets, One Verse Each, as Told by the Nurse
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.6