Exhibit in the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon, USA.

Evening Rain at Akasaka Paulownia Field

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Exhibit in the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon, USA.

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Details

Date
1859
Holding institution
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Image provider
wikimedia-commons
License
Public domain
Credit
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon

Art Genome Taxonomy

8 tags

Subject Matter

  • Landscapes Both · 99%

    The title identifies a field at Akasaka, and the image visibly presents an extensive open landscape with trees, paths, and distant wooded forms.

  • The title specifies evening rain, while the image is visibly structured by fine vertical rain lines, gray-blue haze, and softened distant forms.

  • Haze Visual · 94%

    Distant trees and hills recede into a pronounced pale blue-gray atmospheric veil.

  • Scenes of Everyday Life Visual · 84%

    Several small figures are shown moving along paths through the landscape, carrying or wearing visible rain protection, suggesting an outdoor daily-life scene.

Visual Qualities

  • Dark Colors Visual · 94%

    The image is dominated by charcoal, gray, muted blue, and deep green tones, with limited brighter accents in the figures and cartouches.

Medium and Techniques

  • Prints Metadata · 99%

    The catalog classifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print.

Time Periods

  • 19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog dates the work to 1859, placing it in the nineteenth century.

Geographic Regions

  • Japanese Art Metadata · 98%

    The catalog identifies the artist as Utagawa Hiroshige II and the work as Japanese; the image is visibly a vertically formatted Japanese print with printed cartouches and characteristic color-blocked linework.

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Daderot. Own work

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