Playing with pigeons from the series "Streaked Mist (Yae gasumi)", Woodblock print

Playing with Pigeons, from Streaked Mist

Ikeda Shōen

Playing with pigeons from the series "Streaked Mist (Yae gasumi)", Woodblock print

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Details

Artist
Ikeda Shōen
Date
1906
Holding institution
Freer Gallery of Art
Image provider
wikimedia-commons
License
Public domain
Credit
Freer Gallery of Art

Art Genome Taxonomy

11 tags

Subject Matter

  • Animals Both · 99%

    Pigeons are named in the title and are visibly depicted on the ground and among the tree branches.

  • Figures in Nature Visual · 97%

    Three human figures are visibly situated outdoors beside a tree, with branches, foliage, and open ground surrounding them.

  • Leisure Both · 88%

    The title describes the figures as playing with pigeons, and the image shows an informal interaction with birds in an outdoor setting.

  • Human Figure Visual · 99%

    Three human figures are clearly represented, including two crouching or kneeling figures and one standing figure.

Visual Qualities

  • Sparse Visual · 96%

    A large pale, minimally occupied field surrounds the figures and tree, producing an open and restrained composition.

  • Patterns Visual · 90%

    The garments contain repeated decorative motifs and linear marks, while the foliage and branches add additional patterned structures.

  • Earth Tones Visual · 93%

    The composition is dominated by subdued beige, gray, blue, muted red, and ocher tones rather than highly saturated colors.

  • Highly Detailed Visual · 92%

    Fine contour lines and small marks describe the garments, hair, feathers, bark, branches, and foliage with considerable precision.

Medium and Techniques

  • Prints Both · 99%

    The catalog identifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print, and the image visibly presents a color print with finely registered lines and washes.

Time Periods

  • 1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog dates the work to 1906, placing it within the 1900–1917 period.

Geographic Regions

  • Japanese Art Metadata · 98%

    The catalog identifies the work as Japanese, specifically as a Japanese woodblock print.

Source & rights

Ikeda Shōen. Freer Gallery of Art

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