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Kiyoshi Saito (Japanese, 1907-1997) Steady gaze: Two cats, circa 1952 Woodcut in colours, signed to the lower left, mounted, framed and glazed, 38cm x 26cm. Born in 1907 in Sakamoto, Fukushima prefecture, Kiyoshi Saito studied Western-style paintings at the Hongo Institute in Tokyo and won first prize in Sao Paulo in 1951 for Steady Gaze, 1950, competing against Japanese oil paintings and nihon-ga, awakening the Japanese art establishment to the relevance of modern prints within the international art world.