Ebisu as a Courtesan with Sea Bream

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

Colors in this work

Artist: Unknown artist
Date: c. 1825
Holding institution: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B58A63 · 19%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #4F2B11 · 19%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #A73516 · 15%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C8AC8A · 13%

Press Black · Black family · #1D160C · 12%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #935D36 · 10%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #704624 · 5%

Slate Night · Black family · #332A24 · 3%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #77280B · 3%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #2A2A20 · <1%

Terracotta Slip · Orange family · #C96143 · <1%

Slate Night · Black family · #262E25 · <1%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #BBB390 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #362D31 · <1%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #400200 · <1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #3A2324 · <1%

Iron Gall Black · Black family · #1D1F1C · <1%

Apricot Plaster · Orange family · #EA8F70 · <1%

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

12 tags

Deities and Holy Figures Metadata · 99%

The title identifies Ebisu, a named deity in Japanese religious tradition, as the central figure.
Animals Both · 99%

A red-scaled sea bream is visibly shown in a woven container at the lower left, and the title explicitly identifies the work as being with a sea bream.
Related to Fashion Both · 96%

The title describes the figure as a courtesan, while the image emphasizes elaborate dress, coiffure, and textile patterning.
Text Visual · 99%

Japanese calligraphic characters appear prominently in a large rectangular panel at upper left and in a smaller vertical cartouche at lower left.

Patterns Visual · 99%

Repeated interlocking red-and-cream motifs cover the background and recur in the textiles and containers.
Highly Ornamented Visual · 98%

The composition is strongly ornamented through patterned garments, elaborate hair, calligraphic panels, woven containers, and decorative background motifs.
Dense Composition Visual · 96%

The figure, fish, containers, writing panels, and patterned ground occupy nearly the entire sheet, leaving little unmodulated space.
Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 94%

Vermilion red, orange, cream, tan, and dark blue-black areas produce a vivid, high-contrast palette.

Prints Metadata · 99%

The catalog classifies the object as a Japanese woodblock print.
Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 91%

The catalog's explicit identification of the work as a woodblock print supports the woodcut-related printmaking category.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to circa 1825, placing it in the nineteenth century.

Japanese Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the object as a Japanese woodblock print.

Daderot. Own work

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