Playing with Pigeons, from Streaked Mist

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

Colors in this work

Artist: Ikeda Shōen
Date: 1906
Holding institution: Freer Gallery of Art
Palette: Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #D6C4A7 · 71%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #B1A38C · 10%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #9E8971 · 7%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #C0B299 · 4%

Sepia Archive · Brown family · #6B5C4C · 3%

Granite Face · Gray family · #66726F · 1%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #D7D0C3 · 1%

Faded Indigo · Blue family · #626E84 · <1%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #E6DAC9 · <1%

Lead Type · Gray family · #727D7A · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #BC9B89 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #676E64 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #967571 · <1%

Linen Gesso · White family · #EDE5D9 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #D1AC84 · <1%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #B7B7A1 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #9CA396 · <1%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #BE9A59 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Freer Gallery of Art

11 tags

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.

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.

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.

1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 99%

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

Japanese Art Metadata · 98%

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

Ikeda Shōen. Freer Gallery of Art

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