Fishing Boats at Choshi in Shimosa (Soshu Choshi) from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)"
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- 25.8 × 18.9 cm (10 3/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
- Origin
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image provider
- art-institute-chicago
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Nautical Both · 99%
The title identifies fishing boats at Choshi, and the image visibly centers on boats navigating coastal water.
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Visual · 99%
The image is dominated by an expansive seascape with breakers, open water, and a rocky coastal shore.
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Movement Visual · 98%
Repeated diagonal wave bands, curling breakers, and the angled placement of the boats create a strong visual impression of motion.
Styles and Movements
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Ukiyo-e Interpretive · 91%
The Japanese color woodblock format, serial landscape presentation, and Hokusai context are consistent with ukiyo-e, although the supplied catalog metadata does not explicitly name the movement.
Visual Qualities
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Linear Forms Visual · 99%
Numerous parallel, curving, and directional lines describe the waves, boat contours, shoreline, and foam.
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Dense Composition Visual · 95%
The composition is densely articulated by overlapping wave bands, foam, boats, shoreline, and numerous small surface marks.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Metadata · 99%
The museum catalog identifies the work as a print made with color woodblock technique in chuban format.
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 99%
The catalog explicitly records the medium as a color woodblock print.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to approximately 1833/34, within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog gives Japan as the place of origin and identifies the artist as Japanese.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Fishing Boats at Choshi in Shimosa (Soshu Choshi) from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)". The Art Institute of Chicago.