Iris, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- 22.3 × 34 cm (8 3/4 × 13 3/8 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
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Flora Visual · 99%
Multiple flowering iris plants, blossoms, stems, and long blade-like leaves dominate the composition.
Visual Qualities
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Pastel Colors Visual · 78%
The image uses subdued green, cream, pale pink, and brown-pink tones, including lightly colored flower petals against a pale ground.
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Contour Line Visual · 92%
Fine outlines and interior linear marks articulate the petals, leaves, stems, and flower structures.
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Asymmetrical Visual · 90%
The plant clusters are distributed unevenly across the horizontal sheet, producing a clearly asymmetrical arrangement.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Metadata · 99%
The Art Institute of Chicago identifies the object as a print and specifies the medium as a color woodblock print.
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 96%
The catalog specifies a color woodblock print, corresponding to the cataloged woodcut and linocut technique category.
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Work on Paper Both · 88%
The catalog describes the object as an album sheet, and the image visibly shows a paper sheet with a printed border and paper ground.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to circa 1814, within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog records Japan as the place of origin and identifies the artist as Japanese.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Iris, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu). The Art Institute of Chicago.