Crossing the Ōi River

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

Colors in this work

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada I
Date: 1853
Holding institution: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C4A078 · 27%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #283040 · 19%

Aged Bronze Brown · Brown family · #6D5234 · 16%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #3B2719 · 10%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #917153 · 6%

Limestone Dust · Gray family · #CEC1BB · 6%

Granite Face · Gray family · #5E6A75 · 6%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #D7B892 · 4%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #DDCEC8 · 3%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #BF5C2F · 1%

Dried Marigold · Orange family · #C58648 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #6C7979 · <1%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #9E997C · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #2F3B33 · <1%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #1D2E4B · <1%

Faded Verdure · Green family · #787D69 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #A2A2B1 · <1%

Plaster Rose · Pink family · #BE9D9A · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon

10 tags

Waterscapes Both · 99%

The title identifies a river crossing, and the image is dominated by a broad expanse of rippling water with figures moving through it.
Landscapes Visual · 92%

Low mountain ridges and an open horizon occupy the background across the three panels.
Crowds Visual · 98%

A large number of figures are distributed across the river, including travelers, carriers, and people wading in the water.
Movement Visual · 95%

The figures are shown wading, carrying passengers and objects, riding, and negotiating the river, creating a strong sense of activity.

Ukiyo-e Visual · 92%

The multicolored, outlined figures, flat areas of color, patterned textiles, cartouches, and triptych format are consistent with ukiyo-e print conventions; the supplied style metadata does not explicitly name this category.

Patterns Visual · 95%

Garments, parasols, the covered conveyance, and other objects contain repeated floral, striped, and geometric motifs.
Dense Composition Visual · 98%

Overlapping figures, carriers, conveyances, cartouches, and repeated water marks create a tightly packed arrangement.

Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 98%

The classification as a Japanese woodblock print supports a woodblock-print technique within the catalog’s woodcut and linocut category.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The canonical date is 1853, placing the work in the nineteenth century.

Japanese Art Metadata · 99%

The canonical record identifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada I.

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