Mishima Pass in Kai Province (Koshu Mishimagoe), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"
Details
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- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Dimensions
- 26 × 38.4 cm (10 1/4 × 15 1/8 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
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes Both · 99%
The title identifies Mishima Pass in Kai Province and the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series; the image visibly presents layered mountain slopes, clouds, trees, and a distant conical peak.
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Figures in Nature Visual · 98%
A group of small human figures is integrated into the mountainous setting, carrying bundles or other loads along the road in the lower foreground.
Styles and Movements
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Ukiyo-e Interpretive · 92%
The artist, Japanese origin, named Mount Fuji series, and color woodblock format support the established ukiyo-e classification, although the supplied museum styles field does not explicitly use that term.
Visual Qualities
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Asymmetrical Visual · 95%
The tall foreground tree is offset from the mountain at right, while a large open area of sky occupies the left and upper portions of the composition.
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Linear Forms Visual · 95%
Strong outlines, vertical tree trunks, branching limbs, contour marks on the slopes, and repeated cloud contours give the print a pronounced linear structure.
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Color Gradient Visual · 94%
The sky transitions visibly from deep blue along the upper edge through turquoise to a pale cream tone near the horizon.
Medium and Techniques
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 99%
The museum records the medium as a color woodblock print; oban.
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Prints Metadata · 99%
The museum classifies the object as a print and specifically as a woodblock print.
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Long Distance and Deep Distance Visual · 91%
The image establishes foreground, middle-ground, and distant space through the overlapping tree, road, hills, cloud banks, and Mount Fuji.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated c. 1830/33, placing it within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies Japan as the place of origin and lists the work under Japanese culture or style.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Mishima Pass in Kai Province (Koshu Mishimagoe), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)". The Art Institute of Chicago.