JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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SAITO KIYOSHI (1907-1997)
Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1952
A vertical print entitled Gyoshi nihiki no neko
(Steady Gaze: Two Cats), signed Kiyoshi Saito
17 1/4 x 11 1/2in (43.8 x 29.2cm)
$1,200 - 1,800
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SAITO KIYOSHI (1907-1997)
Three large horizontal prints
Showa era (1926-1989)
The first, a winter scene with a figure wearing a mino, an outercoat
made of rice straw, crossing a snow-covered bridge headed towards
a village buried in the snow, signed Kiyoshi Saito in Roman letters in
pencil, and sealed Kiyoshi in Japanese, with an additional seal on the
verso suri, Ikegami (printing, Ikegami); the second, a scene of figures,
including one wearing fumidawara, bucket-like footwear made of rice
straw used for creating paths in the snow, on a snow-covered street
with snow-laden buildings behind them, signed Kiyoshi Saito in Roman
characters and sealed Kiyoshi in Japanese; the third, of a figure with
an ox puddling a rice paddy with structures in the background, signed
Kiyoshi Saito in Roman characters and sealed Kiyoshi in Japanese (3)
11 1/2 x 17 1/2in (29.2 x 43.8cm), the largest
$1,000 - 1,500
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