Hotei Smoking his Pipe, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- 22.5 × 33.8 cm (8 7/8 × 13 3/8 in.)
- Origin
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image provider
- art-institute-chicago
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Frederick W. Gookin Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Deities and Holy Figures Metadata · 94%
The catalog title identifies the depicted figure as Hotei, a named Buddhist-associated religious figure.
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
A seated, bald, robed human figure is the dominant representational subject at the right side of the composition.
Visual Qualities
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Linear Forms Visual · 98%
Strong dark contour lines define the figure, sack-like form, robe, pipe, smoke, ground, and foreground objects.
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Sparse Visual · 96%
The figure and objects are surrounded by broad areas of lightly toned, largely unoccupied paper, producing a spare composition.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a print and specifies a color woodblock print.
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 98%
The catalog explicitly identifies the medium as a color woodblock print, supporting the woodcut/relief-print technique category.
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Album, Folio and Fan Formats Metadata · 99%
The medium is specified as an album sheet, and the work is presented in a horizontal album-sheet format.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The work is dated circa 1814, within the nineteenth century; the catalog date bounds are 1809–1819.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog gives Japan as the place of origin and identifies the work as Japanese in culture or style.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Hotei Smoking his Pipe, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu). The Art Institute of Chicago.