Yoro Waterfall in Mino Province (Mino no kuni Yoro no taki), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku Takimeguri)
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Dimensions
- Approx: 38.2 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 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 Chester W. Wright
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 100%
The title identifies Yoro Waterfall in Mino Province, and the image is organized around a waterfall within a mountainous, wooded landscape.
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Water Both · 100%
Flowing water dominates the image through the tall central cascade, spray, and turbulent foreground channels; the title also identifies the depicted waterfall.
Styles and Movements
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Ukiyo-e Both · 96%
The metadata identifies Hokusai and a Japanese color woodblock print from the early nineteenth century; the image’s vertical format, carved-looking linework, multicolor blocks, inscriptions, and seals are characteristic of ukiyo-e.
Visual Qualities
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Linear Forms Visual · 98%
The composition is dominated by long vertical cascades, tree trunks, cliff edges, and repeated directional marks describing water and terrain.
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Patterns Visual · 95%
Repeated marks and motifs pattern the foliage, cliffs, spray, rocks, and foreground surfaces, giving the image a strongly patterned graphic appearance.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Metadata · 100%
The museum classifies the work as a print and records the medium as a color woodblock print.
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 97%
The recorded medium is color woodblock print in oban format, directly supporting the woodcut-related printmaking category.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated circa 1833, with a catalog date range of 1827–1838, placing it in the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 100%
The museum metadata gives Japan as the place of origin and identifies the style as Japanese.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Yoro Waterfall in Mino Province (Mino no kuni Yoro no taki), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku Takimeguri). The Art Institute of Chicago.