Sketching a Garden, from Streaked Mist
"Sketching a Garden" from the series "Streaked Mist (Yae gasumi)", Woodblock print
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Details
- Artist
- Ikeda Shōen
- Date
- 1906
- Holding institution
- Freer Gallery of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Freer Gallery of Art
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Scenes of Everyday Life Both · 97%
The title identifies the subject as sketching in a garden, and the image shows two seated figures with paper and a drawing tool in an outdoor garden setting.
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Figures in Nature Both · 98%
The figures are situated within a garden filled with vegetation and blossoms, as indicated by both the title and the image.
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Flora Visual · 99%
Flowering plants, broad leaves, shrubs, and tall grasses occupy much of the right side and extend behind the figures.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 95%
The garments contain repeated geometric, floral, and organic motifs, especially the large patterned textile worn by the left figure.
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Pastel Colors Visual · 87%
Much of the image uses pale greens, creams, lavender, mauve, soft pink, and muted blue, although these are contrasted by a saturated red foreground.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print.
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 96%
The catalog specifically describes the work as a woodblock print, supporting the woodcut-related technique category.
Time Periods
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1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1906, which falls within the 1900–1917 period.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The artist and classification identify the work as Japanese art.
Source & rights
Ikeda Shōen. Freer Gallery of Art
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 4,800 × 3,227 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed