Tagonoura Bay near Ejiri on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Ejiri Tagonoura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
Details
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- Medium
- Color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 25.8 × 37.2 cm (10 1/8 × 14 5/8 in.)
- Origin
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image provider
- art-institute-chicago
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 99%
The title identifies Tagonoura Bay, and the image visibly presents a broad coastal landscape with Mount Fuji, shoreline, and water.
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Water Visual · 99%
Layered curling waves occupy much of the foreground and middle ground, making water a central visual subject.
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Modes of Transportation Visual · 99%
Two large boats with upright poles, oars, and several occupants dominate the foreground, with additional smaller craft near the shore.
Styles and Movements
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Ukiyo-e Both · 94%
Hokusai’s named Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji series and color woodblock format, combined with the image’s flat color fields and emphatic contour drawing, support an ukiyo-e classification.
Visual Qualities
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Contour Line Visual · 98%
Wave edges, boats, vegetation, and the mountain are defined by pronounced outlines and repeated directional marks.
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Patterns Visual · 96%
Repeated wave crests, foliage marks, shoreline forms, and mountain markings create prominent decorative and rhythmic motifs.
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Flatness Visual · 96%
The scene is built from broad, relatively unmodulated areas of blue, green, cream, and yellow, with shallow spatial layering typical of a graphic print composition.
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 93%
Deep blue water and sky contrast with bright greens and pale yellow-cream land, boats, and sky areas.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Metadata · 99%
The object is classified as a print, with the medium specified as color woodblock print.
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 98%
The stated medium is color woodblock print, supporting a woodcut-based printmaking technique.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The museum’s displayed date is 1830–33, placing the work in the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The museum record identifies the place of origin as Japan and lists the style as Japanese culture or style.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Tagonoura Bay near Ejiri on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Ejiri Tagonoura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei). The Art Institute of Chicago.