Sazai Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyakurakanji Sazaido), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Sazai Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyakurakanji Sazaido), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai

Details

Dimensions
25.7 × 37.4 cm (10 1/8 × 14 11/16 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

8 tags

Subject Matter

  • Landscapes Both · 99%

    The image shows a broad rural panorama with Mount Fuji in the distance, and the title identifies the work as one of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.

  • Human Figure Visual · 99%

    Numerous human figures occupy the veranda, appearing seated, standing, pointing, looking outward, or adjusting their view.

Visual Qualities

  • Asymmetrical Visual · 98%

    The composition places the temple structure at the right edge, the visitors across the lower foreground, and the open landscape across the left and central field, producing a distinctly asymmetrical arrangement.

  • Repeated lines in the floorboards, railings, roof edges, and architectural elements establish depth and organize the view toward the landscape.

  • Patterns Visual · 95%

    Repeated motifs are visible in the visitors’ garments, roof tiles, window grilles, and other architectural details.

Medium and Techniques

  • Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 99%

    The medium is identified as a color woodblock print; woodcut-and-linocut is the closest catalog technique category.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The work is dated c. 1830/33, placing it in the nineteenth century.

Geographic Regions

  • Japanese Art Metadata · 99%

    The museum record identifies the place of origin as Japan and the style as Japanese culture or style.

Source & rights

Katsushika Hokusai. Sazai Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyakurakanji Sazaido), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)". The Art Institute of Chicago.