Ono Falls on the Kisokaidō Road (Kisokaidō Ono no bakufu), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)
Details
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- Medium
- Color woodblock print; ōban
- Dimensions
- Approx: 38.2 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.); Mat: 71.2 × 50.8 cm (28 × 20 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
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes Both · 99%
The image depicts a mountainous natural environment dominated by a waterfall, and the catalog identifies the work as Ono Falls within a waterfall series.
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Waterscapes Both · 99%
The central waterfall and foreground stream make water a major compositional subject; the catalog title specifically identifies Ono Falls.
Visual Qualities
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 88%
Saturated blue, green, coral, ochre, and pale pink areas create pronounced contrasts among the waterfall, vegetation, rocks, and buildings.
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Linear Forms Visual · 96%
Repeated vertical, diagonal, and contour-like marks define the waterfall, cliffs, branches, paths, figures, and architecture.
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Asymmetrical Visual · 98%
The waterfall dominates the left side, while the shelter, cliffs, trees, travelers, and stream form an uneven counterweight across the right and lower portions.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Metadata · 99%
The museum classifies the object as a print and records its medium as a color woodblock print in ōban format.
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 96%
The recorded medium is a color woodblock print, directly supporting a woodcut-related technique category.
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Long Distance and Deep Distance Visual · 84%
Layered cliffs, vegetation, structures, figures, and waterways create substantial spatial recession within the tall format.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated circa 1833, placing it within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies Japan as the place of origin and identifies Hokusai as Japanese.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Ono Falls on the Kisokaidō Road (Kisokaidō Ono no bakufu), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri). The Art Institute of Chicago.