Blue Magpie on a Maple Branch

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Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Date: 19th century
Holding institution: Freer Gallery of Art
Palette: Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #E6DEC8 · 85%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #5B4D41 · 4%

Marine Tempera · Blue family · #396382 · 3%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #AD8766 · 2%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C3AB8C · 2%

Tarnished Aquamarine · Teal family · #5A958B · 1%

Graphite Block · Gray family · #3E5652 · 1%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #C8BDA5 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #DFC3AD · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #E0B690 · <1%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #DBC8A1 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #DD9F8B · <1%

Fresh Gesso · White family · #F7F1DE · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #B4C3B1 · <1%

Sanguine Study · Red family · #AE473D · <1%

Apricot Plaster · Orange family · #E69178 · <1%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #D4D8C5 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #AABAC6 · <1%

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

11 tags

Animal Portrait Both · 99%

The title identifies a blue magpie, and the image visibly shows a single bird perched on a branch.
Flora Visual · 99%

Maple leaves and branching stems are visibly distributed across the sheet.
Language Visual · 98%

Japanese characters are visibly incorporated into vertical inscriptions on the right and lower-left portions of the image.

Ukiyo-e Metadata · 88%

Utagawa Hiroshige is a recognized ukiyo-e printmaker, and the work's Japanese woodblock format is consistent with that tradition.

Asymmetrical Visual · 98%

The branch and bird are offset within a large field of open paper, producing an asymmetrical arrangement.
Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 94%

Saturated blue and teal areas contrast with red, coral, black, gray, and the pale ground.
Linear Forms Visual · 97%

The bird's tail and the branch are defined by prominent sweeping contours and directional lines.
Flatness Visual · 91%

Most color areas are relatively flat and bounded by printed outlines, with limited illusionistic modeling.

Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 99%

The catalog classifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print, supporting its identification as a woodcut print.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to the 19th century, with a date range of 1800–1899.

Japanese Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print and names Utagawa Hiroshige as the artist.

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