Men Sparring with Wooden Swords, Hokusai Manga, Volume 6
Japan; Illustrated book; Illustrated Books
Details
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- Origin
- Japan
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- CC0
- Credit
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Figure Studies Both · 99%
The image presents four human figures in varied poses, and the catalog explicitly identifies figure studies as a subject.
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Movement Both · 99%
The figures are visibly engaged in active sparring with crossed wooden swords, while the catalog identifies martial arts as a subject.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 91%
The supplied reproduction is visibly dominated by black, gray, and white tones, with no clearly discernible color areas.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Both · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a print from an illustrated book, and the image visibly shows a printed page.
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Woodcut and Linocut Both · 99%
The catalog identifies a woodblock-printed book, and the image shows the linear contours and hatching characteristic of a woodblock-printed illustration.
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Illustration Both · 98%
The work is identified in the catalog as part of an illustrated book, and the image visibly combines a framed image with vertical Japanese writing.
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Hatching Visual · 96%
The figures and garments are rendered with repeated linear strokes and areas of closely spaced hatching.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1817, placing it within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Both · 99%
The catalog identifies Japan as the place of origin and Hokusai as Japanese; the page is a Japanese woodblock-book illustration.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy