Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Arashiyama no Togetsukyo), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)"
Details
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- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- 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
7 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 99%
The title identifies Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama, and the image visibly presents an expansive scene of river, banks, vegetation, cultivated land, and hills.
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Figures in Nature Visual · 97%
Small human figures are visibly integrated into the natural setting on the bridge, along the lower bank, and on a floating platform in the river.
Visual Qualities
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Contour Line Visual · 98%
Crisp outlines define the bridge, trees, shoreline, hills, figures, and water patterns throughout the composition.
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Flatness Visual · 96%
The print uses broad, relatively flat fields of blue, green, cream, and muted red, with limited modeled shading and a strongly graphic surface.
Medium and Techniques
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 99%
The museum identifies the object as a color woodblock print.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated c. 1833/34, with the catalog date range extending from 1828 to 1839.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies Hokusai as Japanese, gives Japan as the place of origin, and classifies the work within Japanese culture or style.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Arashiyama no Togetsukyo), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)". The Art Institute of Chicago.