Chrysanthemums by the Water
Colors in this work
Details
- Date
- 1761–1828
- 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
- Palette
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- 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
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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
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Patterns Visual · 90%
Repeated chrysanthemum heads, recurring leaves, and the fan’s repeated ribs establish a patterned visual rhythm.
Medium and Techniques
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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.
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Album, Folio and Fan Formats Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the work as a fan painting; the image visibly presents a curved fan format with radiating ribs.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog places the work in Japanese Art and identifies Japan as its place of origin.
Materials
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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.
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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
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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.
High-resolution sources
- Original TIFF ↗ 7,897 × 4,320 · Cleveland Museum Of Art · Available