Goten Hill at Shinagawa on the Tokaido (Tokaido Shinagawa Gotenyama), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Dimensions
- 26.7 × 38.8 cm (10 1/2 × 15 1/4 in.)
- Origin
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image provider
- art-institute-chicago
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 100%
The title and series identify a landscape view with Mount Fuji, and the image visibly includes water, a distant mountain, wooded hills, and an expansive outdoor setting.
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Flora Visual · 99%
Numerous trees and shrubs, including trees rendered with pale flowering canopies, occupy the foreground and middle ground.
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Figures in Nature Visual · 98%
Groups of small human figures are visibly distributed among the trees, paths, buildings, and hilltops within the landscape.
Styles and Movements
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Ukiyo-e Both · 99%
The metadata identifies the work as a Japanese color woodblock print by Hokusai from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series, while the image displays the flattened planes, strong outlines, patterned surfaces, and scenic subject associated with ukiyo-e.
Visual Qualities
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Flatness Visual · 96%
The composition uses distinct, relatively unmodeled areas of blue, green, cream, and yellow, with forms defined by clear outlines rather than continuous naturalistic shading.
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Patterns Visual · 95%
Repeated motifs are visible in the patterned garments, roof structures, branches, foliage, and stippled hills.
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Contour Line Visual · 97%
Dark linear contours clearly delineate the mountain, trees, hills, buildings, figures, and architectural details.
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 90%
The print presents strong blue and green passages contrasted with warm yellow, cream, and pale blossom areas.
Medium and Techniques
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 100%
The catalog specifies a color woodblock print in oban format.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 100%
The catalog dates the print to c. 1830/33, within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 100%
The catalog identifies Japan as the place of origin and describes the style as Japanese.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Goten Hill at Shinagawa on the Tokaido (Tokaido Shinagawa Gotenyama), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)". The Art Institute of Chicago.