Ejiri in Suruga Province (Sunshu Ejiri), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Dimensions
- 26.2 × 37.5 cm (10 1/4 × 14 3/4 in.)
- Origin
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image provider
- art-institute-chicago
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes Both · 99%
The catalog lists landscapes as the subject, and the image shows expansive cultivated fields, tall grasses, trees, a broad sky, and distant mountains.
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Figures in Nature Visual · 98%
Several travelers are visibly placed within the fields and grasses, making human figures part of the natural setting.
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Movement Visual · 98%
Bent trees, angled bodies, flying sheets, blown garments, and tilted parasols create a pronounced visual sense of wind and motion.
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Text Visual · 99%
A framed Japanese inscription and additional calligraphic marks are visibly integrated into the upper-left portion of the print.
Styles and Movements
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Ukiyo-e Metadata · 98%
The work is a Japanese color woodblock print by Hokusai from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, a series associated with ukiyo-e print culture.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the object as a print and specifies color woodblock print as its medium.
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 86%
A woodblock print is produced through a carved wooden printing block, supporting the catalog’s woodcut-related printmaking category.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the print to c. 1830/33, within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The work was made in Japan and is identified in the catalog as Japanese in culture or style.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Ejiri in Suruga Province (Sunshu Ejiri), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)". The Art Institute of Chicago.