Chrysanthemums by the Water

Chrysanthemums by the Water

Sakai Hōitsu

Colors in this work

Details

Dimensions
image: height 0.19 m; chord: width 0.552 m; painting: height 0.253 m, width 0.553 m; overall: height 0.371 m, width 0.685 m
Department
Japanese Art
Holding institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Image provider
cleveland-museum-of-art
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Art Genome Taxonomy

8 tags

Subject Matter

  • Flora Both · 99%

    Chrysanthemum blossoms and leafy stems dominate the image, and the catalog title identifies the subject as “Chrysanthemums by the Water.”

Visual Qualities

  • Patterns Visual · 90%

    Repeated chrysanthemum heads, recurring leaves, and the fan’s repeated ribs establish a patterned visual rhythm.

Medium and Techniques

  • Painting Metadata · 99%

    The Cleveland Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting and lists the medium as fan painting in ink, color, and gold on paper.

  • The catalog identifies the work as a fan painting; the image visibly presents a curved fan format with radiating ribs.

Geographic Regions

  • Japanese Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog places the work in Japanese Art and identifies Japan as its place of origin.

Materials

  • Gold Metadata · 98%

    Gold is explicitly listed in the catalog medium: ink, color, and gold on paper. Gold-toned accents are also visible in the image.

  • Use of Paper Both · 98%

    The catalog specifies paper as part of the medium, and the image shows the painted paper fan surface.

Cultural and Religious Styles

  • Edo Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog identifies the place of origin as Japan and the historical context as the Edo period (1615–1868).

Source & rights

Sakai Hōitsu (Japanese, 1761–1828). Chrysanthemums by the Water. Cleveland Museum of Art.

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