Viewing the Seashore at the Eguchi Inn

Colors in this work

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Date: c. 1860
Holding institution: Freer Gallery of Art
Palette: Faded Damask Teal · Teal family · #4F777A · 23%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #BCA07D · 21%

Apricot Plaster · Orange family · #EAD0B1 · 21%

Marine Tempera · Blue family · #496275 · 16%

Oiled Oak · Brown family · #74634D · 8%

Graphite Block · Gray family · #425757 · 4%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #47423A · 4%

Dried Marigold · Orange family · #CE8851 · 2%

Lead Type · Gray family · #767F70 · 1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #394848 · <1%

Tarnished Aquamarine · Teal family · #7B9694 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #5F7269 · <1%

Ottoman Tile · Teal family · #377B7D · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #92A8A3 · <1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #8295A2 · <1%

Woad Cloth · Blue family · #3E6791 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #ADB8C2 · <1%

Silverpoint Paper · Gray family · #BBCBCE · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Freer Gallery of Art

11 tags

Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 99%

The title identifies a seashore setting, and the image visibly includes a broad body of water, distant landforms, and shoreline scenery.
Related to Music Visual · 94%

A seated figure visibly holds and appears to play a stringed instrument.
Human Figure Visual · 98%

Two prominently depicted seated women occupy the foreground and provide the principal human focus of the composition.
Related to Fashion Visual · 94%

The figures’ elaborate patterned robes, hair arrangements, and accessories make clothing and adornment a major visual feature.

Patterns Visual · 99%

Repeated floral, wave, geometric, and textile motifs cover the robes, railing, foreground objects, and architectural elements.
Highly Ornamented Visual · 96%

The print is densely ornamented, particularly in the garments, railing, signboard, vegetation, and foreground textiles or objects.
Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 94%

Blue and turquoise passages dominate the water, veranda, garments, and architecture, with contrasting cream, ochre, coral, and red areas.

Prints Metadata · 99%

The catalog classifies the object as a Japanese woodblock print.
Woodcut and Linocut Both · 97%

The catalog identifies a woodblock print, and the image shows the crisp outlines, flat color passages, and patterned surfaces characteristic of relief printing.

19th Century Art Metadata · 98%

The catalog dates the work to circa 1860, placing it in the nineteenth century.

Japanese Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print.

Utagawa Kunisada. JAH0G0bMZa5MnA at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level

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