Accession Number1998/2.32
TitleUntitled [Two children with a snow shovel]
Artist(s)Saitō KiyoshiArtist NationalityJapanese (culture or style)Object Creation Datemid 20th centuryMedium & Supportcolor woodblock print on paperDimensions 16 1/8 in x 11 in (40.96 cm x 27.94 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Alva Gordon SinkLabel copyGallery Rotation Fall 2011
Saitô Kiyoshi
Japan, 1907–1997
Untitled [Two children with a snow shovel]
mid-20th century
Showa period (1926–89)
Color woodblock print on paper
Bequest of Alva Gordon Sink, 1998/2.32
Subject matterThis image evokes winter in the deep "snow country" on the northwest coast of Japan, facing the Japan sea.
Physical DescriptionThis print depicts two children in the snow with a snow shovel.
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Keywords
children (people by age group)
earthmoving shovels
figures (representations)
labor
snow (precipitation)
winter