# Kiyoshi Saito artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T22:09:31.545Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Japanese
- Movements: Sōsaku-hanga
- Common media: Woodblock printmaking and color woodcuts, Painting

## About Kiyoshi Saito

Kiyoshi Saito (1907–1997) was a Japanese printmaker and painter associated with sōsaku-hanga, the modern Japanese creative-print movement. International authority records identify him as a printmaker, painter, and woodcut artist, while museum and library identifiers distinguish him from other people with similar names. His practice belongs to the context of 20th-century Japanese art and is particularly connected with woodblock printmaking and color woodcuts. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on individual prints, groups of Japanese modern prints, and works described more broadly as paintings or works on paper. The collected evidence supports these broad classifications but does not establish specific subjects, named series, or edition histories. Those details should be checked against the inscriptions, seals, dimensions, paper, printing characteristics, provenance, and documentation of the particular object under review.

## Common works and media

Works associated with Kiyoshi Saito are commonly classified as woodblock prints or color woodcuts. Authority sources also describe him as a painter, so paintings may appear under his name, although the collected evidence is stronger for printmaking. The source pack does not substantiate particular subjects, named series, posters, ceramics, sculptures, or edition formats.

## Market and appraisal context

Kiyoshi Saito's market should be approached work by work. The source pack supports woodblock prints and color woodcuts as central categories and also identifies him as a painter, but it does not provide detailed auction-house analysis. An appraisal should first establish the object's work type and whether the attribution matches the recognized artist authority records. Relevant public auction records can then provide comparison points when matched carefully to the object. Condition, provenance, date, edition information, inscriptions, and subject may matter in practice, but the supplied sources do not document their specific market effects for Saito. This profile therefore avoids price forecasts, scarcity claims, and unsupported statements about market direction.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6419119
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/13690980/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500169214
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/5116
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG5182
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.5432.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyoshi_Sait%C5%8D_(artist)
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sait%C5%8D_Kiyoshi
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyoshi_Sait%C5%8D
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/kiyoshi-saito/