Performance of Hanasaka Jiji

Performance of Hanasaka Jiji, by Toshi, 1889, Meiji 21, from the Hood Museum of Art - PR.995.23.42abc.

Colors in this work

Artist: Toshi
Date: 1889
Holding institution: Hood Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C0B19E · 32%

Graphite Block · Gray family · #4A5664 · 14%

Oiled Oak · Brown family · #7C6549 · 11%

Granite Face · Gray family · #627777 · 10%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #BCB8A6 · 7%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3C4747 · 7%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #6E3630 · 4%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #958470 · 4%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #88987F · 3%

Blue Rag Paper · Blue family · #9FB9CC · 3%

Blue Rag Paper · Blue family · #8080A1 · 2%

Limestone Dust · Gray family · #D1C6B7 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A39483 · <1%

Wheat Straw · Yellow family · #C0B567 · <1%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #AFA36C · <1%

Plaster Rose · Pink family · #BB9E9E · <1%

Slate Night · Black family · #222427 · <1%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #D6D2C3 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

12 tags

Performing Arts Both · 99%

The title identifies a performance, and the image shows an organized public event with costumed performers, musicians, and spectators.
Crowds Visual · 99%

Numerous figures are arranged in dense groups across the middle and background, indicating a large gathering of spectators and participants.
Movement Visual · 96%

Many foreground figures have extended limbs, bent postures, and energetic gestures that convey active movement.
Related to Music Visual · 91%

Several figures at the right hold and appear to play long-necked string instruments during the event.
Flora Visual · 99%

Large flowering trees with pale blossoms dominate the upper portion of the composition and frame the event.
Human Figure Visual · 99%

Human figures, including spectators and costumed performers, occupy nearly the entire scene.

Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 91%

The print combines a pale ground with saturated blue, green, orange, purple, yellow, and red accents.
Dense Composition Visual · 98%

Figures, trees, streamers, architectural elements, and vertical labels are tightly distributed across the wide composition.

Prints Metadata · 99%

The catalog classifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print.
Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 96%

A woodblock print is a relief printmaking process represented by the catalog category Woodcut and Linocut.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to 1889, placing it within nineteenth-century art.

Japanese Art Metadata · 98%

The catalog identifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print, supporting its placement within Japanese art.

Toshi. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

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