Hawk, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- 33.8 × 22 cm (13 5/16 × 8 11/16 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
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Animals Both · 99%
The title identifies the subject as a hawk, and the image visibly depicts a single large bird of prey.
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Animal Portrait Both · 90%
The hawk is isolated as the dominant subject and is rendered with close attention to its head, plumage, talons, and bodily form, supporting an animal-portrait reading.
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Nature Visual · 97%
Branches and clusters of hanging leaves surround the bird, placing it in a natural setting.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 97%
Repeated short marks and curved bands organize the feathers, wing, tail, and other parts of the bird’s plumage.
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Linear Forms Visual · 98%
Fine linear marks define the feathers, claws, branch textures, leaf edges, and the enclosing border.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 98%
The print contains extensive fine detail in the bird’s facial markings, layered feathers, talons, branch surfaces, and foliage.
Medium and Techniques
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 99%
The museum catalogs the work as a color woodblock print.
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Prints Metadata · 99%
The museum classifies the object as a print and specifies a color woodblock print in album-sheet format.
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Album, Folio and Fan Formats Metadata · 99%
The medium is explicitly identified as an album sheet, supporting the album-sheet format tag.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The work is dated circa 1814, placing it within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The place of origin is Japan, and the museum records its style as Japanese.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Hawk, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu). The Art Institute of Chicago.