Viewing Sunset over the Ryogoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment (Onmayagashi yori Ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Dimensions
- 25.4 × 37.5 cm (10 × 14 3/4 in.)
- Origin
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image provider
- art-institute-chicago
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of H. R. Warner
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 99%
The title specifies a view from the Onmaya Embankment toward Ryogoku Bridge, and the image depicts a broad river, bridge, shoreline, boats, and distant mountain within a landscape composition.
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Waterscapes Visual · 99%
Water occupies much of the composition, especially the lower half, where it is rendered with numerous overlapping blue wave contours.
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Modes of Transportation Visual · 99%
A large boat carrying many figures dominates the foreground, while numerous smaller boats appear across the river.
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Cityscapes and City Scenes Both · 87%
The image presents a built riverside setting with a prominent bridge, embankment structures, shoreline buildings, and river traffic; the title identifies the bridge and embankment by name.
Styles and Movements
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Ukiyo-e Both · 97%
Hokusai, the Japanese origin, and the cataloged style support ukiyo-e, while the image shows the flat color areas, bold contours, and serialized scenic subject associated with the tradition.
Visual Qualities
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Linear Forms Visual · 99%
Parallel, looping, and closely spaced contours define the waves, boat construction, garments, bridge, and distant shoreline.
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Patterns Visual · 97%
Repeated wave bands and recurring details in the boat, figures, bridge, and shoreline establish a strong rhythmic patterning.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 94%
The print contains extensive fine detail in the crowded boat, figures, bridge structure, distant buildings, vegetation, and wave surfaces.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a print and identifies its medium as a color woodblock print in oban format.
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 98%
The catalog identifies the object as a color woodblock print, corresponding to this printmaking category.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to approximately 1830/33, placing it within nineteenth-century art.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog lists Japan as the place of origin and identifies the work with Japanese culture or style.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Viewing Sunset over the Ryogoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment (Onmayagashi yori Ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)". The Art Institute of Chicago.