Seki Sanjūrō II as Ukiyo Matabei

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

Colors in this work

Artist: Shunbaisai Hokuei
Date: c. 1830s
Holding institution: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B8A591 · 36%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #4A2A13 · 18%

Woad Cloth · Blue family · #526580 · 12%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #654C2F · 10%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #D68F6D · 7%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #526153 · 4%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #987154 · 4%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C99476 · 3%

Plaster Rose · Pink family · #D59C95 · 1%

Persimmon Lacquer · Orange family · #D76545 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A18872 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #DEC1AF · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #C0ABA4 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #9FA5B2 · <1%

Iron Gall Black · Black family · #1E1F2A · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #2B382B · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #939688 · <1%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #193F70 · <1%

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

11 tags

Individual Portrait Both · 92%

The title names Seki Sanjūrō II, while the image centers a single, individually characterized full-length figure.
Performing Arts Both · 89%

The title presents the figure as Ukiyo Matabei, and the stylized costume, pose, and role-based presentation suggest a theatrical representation.
Text Visual · 99%

Multiple Japanese inscriptions are prominently integrated into the image, including a large pink cartouche in the upper right and calligraphy along the margins and lower right.

Ukiyo-e Visual · 96%

The vertically composed sheet uses bold contour lines, flat color passages, patterned costume details, and a named theatrical figure in a manner characteristic of ukiyo-e actor prints.

Patterns Visual · 95%

Repeated geometric motifs are visible on the red textile elements and in smaller patterned details of the costume and surrounding objects.
Contour Line Visual · 96%

The figure and surrounding objects are defined by strong, economical dark outlines characteristic of the print’s graphic construction.
Flatness Visual · 92%

The composition relies primarily on bounded, relatively uniform areas of brown, blue, green, tan, and pink rather than modeled continuous shading.
Earth Tones Visual · 90%

Brown, tan, muted green, and blue dominate the image, with red and pink providing concentrated accents.

Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 98%

The catalog classifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to c. 1830s, within the nineteenth century.

Japanese Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print by Shunbaisai Hokuei.

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