Tatekawa River Lumberyard at Honjo (Honjo Tatekawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"
Details
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- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Origin
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image provider
- art-institute-chicago
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Donnelley
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes Both · 99%
The river, settlement, vegetation, lumberyard, distant water, and Mount Fuji organize the image as a landscape; the title identifies the specific location at the Tatekawa River in Honjo.
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Work and Workers Visual · 99%
Three workers are visible handling or moving timber: one stands on the tall stack at left, one works on a sloping plank near the center, and one carries or gestures beside the lumber in the foreground.
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City Scenes Both · 95%
A dense riverside settlement of houses, fences, bridges, yards, and work areas fills the middle distance, while the title places the scene in Honjo.
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Water Visual · 96%
A broad waterway occupies the lower and middle portions of the scene, with small boats and floating or bundled timber visible along it.
Styles and Movements
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Ukiyo-e Both · 98%
The work is a Japanese color woodblock print from Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series, and its outlined forms, flat color passages, landscape subject, and printed inscriptions are characteristic of ukiyo-e.
Visual Qualities
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Linear Forms Visual · 99%
The image is dominated by repeated timber beams, poles, planks, fence posts, rooflines, and architectural contours that create strong directional linear rhythms.
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Dense Composition Visual · 98%
Stacks of lumber, upright poles, buildings, workers, boats, vegetation, fences, and distant forms occupy most of the picture surface, producing a tightly organized, information-rich composition.
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Color Gradient Visual · 98%
The sky shows a pronounced transition from deep blue at the upper edge through pale cream toward the horizon, with additional tonal shifts in the water and distant landscape.
Medium and Techniques
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the medium as a color woodblock print.
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Prints Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the object as a print, specifically a color woodblock print in oban format.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to circa 1830/33, within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies Japan as the place of origin and describes the work as Japanese in culture or style.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Tatekawa River Lumberyard at Honjo (Honjo Tatekawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)". The Art Institute of Chicago.