Singing, from Streaked Mist

Singing from the series "Streaked Mist (Yae gasumi)", Woodblock print

Colors in this work

Artist: Ikeda Shōen
Date: 1906
Holding institution: Freer Gallery of Art
Palette: Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #D5C2A8 · 50%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #9B907E · 18%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #AFA28E · 16%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #8D7867 · 9%

Rainworn Cedar · Brown family · #6B5847 · 3%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #C3ACAA · <1%

Limestone Dust · Gray family · #D6C0B8 · <1%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #B4B68E · <1%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #CBC4A8 · <1%

Blue Rag Paper · Blue family · #818EA1 · <1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #91A281 · <1%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #E3DBCF · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #889B9E · <1%

Lichen Stone · Green family · #7D846A · <1%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #C9AD7F · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #B7B3B0 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C17B64 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #64696B · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Freer Gallery of Art

11 tags

Human Figure Visual · 99%

Two human figures are clearly visible on the veranda: an adult figure holding an open book and a smaller, child-like figure beside her.
Childhood Visual · 93%

The smaller figure has child-like proportions and styling, including a hair ribbon, and appears to be a child.
Related to Music Both · 96%

The canonical title identifies the subject as “Singing,” while the open book and the figures’ poses visually support a vocal or musical activity.
Flora Visual · 98%

Flowering branches with numerous blossoms occupy the foreground and extend across the architectural scene.

Patterns Visual · 96%

Repeated motifs are visible in the patterned garments, blossoms, screen divisions, rails, and branches.
Asymmetrical Visual · 96%

The composition is strongly asymmetrical, with a broad, sparsely marked gray field at left balanced against a dense figure-and-architecture scene at right.
Highly Detailed Visual · 91%

The garments, architectural framework, blossoms, branches, inscriptions, and seals are rendered with substantial descriptive detail.

Prints Metadata · 99%

The canonical metadata classifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print, which supports its identification as a print.
Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 91%

The canonical classification identifies the work as a woodblock print, directly supporting the woodcut process category.

1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 99%

The work is dated 1906, placing it within the 1900–1917 period.

Japanese Art Metadata · 99%

The artist is Ikeda Shōen and the canonical classification identifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print.

Ikeda Shōen. Freer Gallery of Art

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