Suido Bridge and Surugadai, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Colors in this work

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Date: 1857
Holding institution: Freer Gallery of Art
Palette: Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #D4C4A8 · 36%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #4B453B · 14%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #7B6D55 · 12%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #8AA489 · 7%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #FDF6DF · 6%

Tarnished Aquamarine · Teal family · #74979B · 6%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #B5A284 · 5%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #A48E70 · 5%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #DDB181 · 4%

Marine Tempera · Blue family · #3C5A74 · 2%

Peach Bole · Orange family · #D58261 · 2%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #D9AB92 · 1%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #4A4E3F · <1%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #465150 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #7D6664 · <1%

Dusty Ballet Silk · Pink family · #AA918E · <1%

Roman Brick Earth · Brown family · #7E3F29 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #B7B3B0 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Freer Gallery of Art

10 tags

Cityscapes and City Scenes Metadata · 98%

The title identifies a view of Edo, and the image presents an inhabited urban setting with bridges, waterways, buildings, and distant Mount Fuji-like terrain.
Landscapes and Waterscapes Visual · 97%

Water occupies much of the lower portion of the composition, with bridges, shorelines, and reflected or open blue areas structuring the scene.
Text Visual · 99%

Vertical Japanese inscriptions and colored cartouches are visibly integrated into the print at the left and upper-right edges.

Ukiyo-e Metadata · 99%

The supplied catalog identifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, a landmark ukiyo-e series.

Patterns Visual · 99%

A very large cropped carp streamer dominates the foreground, while several smaller patterned streamers repeat across the distant view.
Asymmetrical Visual · 99%

The massive streamer cuts diagonally across the sheet and is strongly offset against the open background, producing an asymmetrical composition.

Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 96%

The catalog classifies the object as a Japanese woodblock print; woodcut-and-linocut is the closest available catalog category for the printmaking process.
Art That Plays With Scale Visual · 98%

The foreground streamer is shown at an extreme scale in relation to the tiny figures, bridges, buildings, and distant streamers, making scale a conspicuous compositional device.

19th Century Art Metadata · 100%

The work is dated 1857, placing it in the nineteenth century.

Japanese Art Both · 99%

The catalog identifies Hiroshige and a view of Edo, while the image visibly uses Japanese inscriptions, architecture, clothing, and pictorial conventions.

Utagawa Hiroshige. 4wHcySD213IaJw at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level

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