Tama River in Musashi Province (Bushu Tamagawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Dimensions
- 26.2 × 37.5 cm (10 1/4 × 14 3/4 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
12 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 99%
The title identifies the Tama River and Mount Fuji, while the image visibly presents a river, shoreline, distant mountain, and expansive sky.
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Water Visual · 99%
Water occupies most of the middle and lower composition and is described by extensive repeated wave lines.
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Modes of Transportation Visual · 98%
A boat is clearly shown on the river, and a person leads a loaded animal along the foreground bank.
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Text Visual · 99%
Japanese characters appear in a vertical cartouche and in adjacent calligraphic writing at the upper left.
Styles and Movements
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Ukiyo-e Interpretive · 90%
The work is a Japanese color woodblock print by Hokusai from the early nineteenth century and from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji; ukiyo-e is a strong contextual classification, though it is not explicitly stated in the supplied museum record.
Visual Qualities
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Color Gradient Visual · 97%
The sky shifts visibly from deep blue at the top through pale blue to a light warm band near the horizon.
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Linear Forms Visual · 97%
Repeated curling lines articulate the water, while contour lines define the mountain, shoreline, and trees.
Medium and Techniques
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 99%
The museum identifies the work as a color woodblock print in oban format.
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Long Distance and Deep Distance Visual · 95%
Strong spatial recession extends from the foreground bank and trees through the boat and far shore to distant Mount Fuji.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The museum dates the print to approximately 1830/33, within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Both · 99%
The museum records Japan as the place of origin and identifies the artist as Katsushika Hokusai, a Japanese artist.
Materials
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Use of Paper Both · 94%
The museum identifies a printed sheet, and the image visibly shows a paper-like print support; the specific paper stock is not supplied.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Tama River in Musashi Province (Bushu Tamagawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)". The Art Institute of Chicago.