Reiko Smiling, by Kishida Ryusei, Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Portrait of Reiko

Ryūsei Kishida

Reiko Smiling, by Kishida Ryusei, Tokyo National Museum, Japan

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Details

Date
1921
Holding institution
Tokyo National Museum
Image provider
wikimedia-commons
License
Public domain
Credit
Tokyo National Museum

Art Genome Taxonomy

7 tags

Subject Matter

  • Individual Portrait Both · 99%

    The metadata title is Portrait of Reiko, and the image clearly shows one sitter in a waist-up portrait composition.

Visual Qualities

  • Dark Colors Visual · 97%

    Deep brown and near-black tones dominate the background, hair, and portions of the clothing.

  • Patterns Visual · 97%

    The red garment contains repeated decorative motifs and contrasting bands across much of the lower half of the composition.

  • Rough Visual · 84%

    Uneven, tactile-looking marks are visible across the background and especially the patterned garment, producing a rough, materially worked surface.

Medium and Techniques

  • Painting Visual · 84%

    The image shows layered, visibly worked color and textured marks consistent with a painted surface, although the supplied metadata leaves open whether the cataloged object is a painting or a print.

Time Periods

  • 1918 - 1939 (Interwar) Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog dates the work to 1921, which falls within the catalog’s 1918–1939 interwar period.

Geographic Regions

  • Japanese Art Metadata · 87%

    The catalog classifies the work as a Japanese painting or print, identifies Ryūsei Kishida as the artist, and describes the work as being at the Tokyo National Museum in Japan.

Source & rights

Ryūsei Kishida. https://emuseum.nich.go.jp/detail?langId=ja&webView=&content_base_id=100293&content_part_id=0&content_pict_id=0

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