Koho-an Daitoku-ji in Kyoto

 

Kiyoshi Saito

  1907 - 1997 (biography)

1961  

color woodcut 

20 3/4 x 15 1/8" image 

white ink, lower left image, beneath red signature seal 

78 of 200  

 

 

heavy Japanese paper with watermark "Kiyoshi Saito" in the lower right of the sheet 

published 

artist 

23708 

$1,200.00 

The Koho-An temple is a sub-temple of the larger Daitoku-Ji, located in Kyoto, Japan. It is rarely opened to the public and is considered one of the most well preserved stuctures designed by 17th century tea ceremony master Kobori Enshu. Enshu created the structure to appear as though it was a solitary boat floating on Lake Biwa, the largest lake near Enshu's hometown. In this image, Kiyoshi Saito depicts a view from the teahouse, whose low entrance opens onto a small garden of polished black rocks, a "tsuyu-musubi" hand basin, a lantern and the rounded forms of a carefully shaped pine.