Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Koshu Kajikazawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"
Details
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- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Dimensions
- 24.4 × 35.6 cm (9 5/8 × 14 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
7 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 99%
The title identifies a view in Kai Province from a Mount Fuji landscape series, and the image is dominated by mountain, sky, water, and rocky terrain.
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Figures in Nature Visual · 97%
Two small human figures occupy a rocky projection within the expansive natural setting, with one figure bending over the water and multiple long lines extending toward it.
Styles and Movements
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Ukiyo-e Both · 98%
The work is cataloged as a Japanese color woodblock print by Hokusai, and the image displays the bold outlines, flat color areas, atmospheric bands, and compositional conventions associated with ukiyo-e landscape prints.
Visual Qualities
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Linear Forms Visual · 95%
The composition is structured by numerous prominent horizontal and diagonal contours, including bands of water, sloping landforms, the mountain profile, and the lines held by the upper figure.
Medium and Techniques
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Woodcut and Linocut Both · 99%
The metadata identifies a color woodblock print, and the image visibly presents the sharply defined, layered color fields and dark contours characteristic of relief printmaking.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Both · 99%
The catalog dates the print to c. 1830/33, placing it within nineteenth-century art; the image is consistent with a nineteenth-century Japanese woodblock landscape print.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Both · 99%
The place of origin and artist are identified as Japan and Japanese, while the image includes a distinctly Japanese landscape-print format, Japanese inscription, and Mount Fuji.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Koshu Kajikazawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)". The Art Institute of Chicago.