Daibutsu and Scaffolding

Daibutsu and Scaffolding, by Migita Toshihide, 1895, Meiji 27, from the Hood Museum of Art - PR.995.23.9ab.

Colors in this work

Artist: Migita Toshihide
Date: 1895
Holding institution: Hood Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C3B29F · 30%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3A3A45 · 15%

Granite Face · Gray family · #707468 · 13%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #856F56 · 11%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #56584C · 10%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #988469 · 6%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #DCCFC3 · 5%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #A5947B · 3%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #B0AC97 · 2%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #26251E · 2%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #91A09E · <1%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #BEA977 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #463E43 · <1%

Silverpoint Paper · Gray family · #B7C2CC · <1%

Limestone Honey · Yellow family · #CDB66D · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #C2B2B0 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #6C6F7F · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #0E0F12 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

11 tags

Deities and Holy Figures Both · 99%

The title names a Daibutsu, and the image clearly shows a monumental Buddha figure occupying the right side of the composition.
Work and Workers Interpretive · 80%

Several figures are shown climbing, balancing on, and handling the scaffold; their precise occupational roles are not specified by the catalog.
Movement Visual · 96%

The varied climbing, reaching, crouching, and balancing poses create a pronounced sense of physical activity across the scaffold.
Narrative Both · 88%

The image presents an event-like scene involving a monumental religious figure, a scaffold, and multiple active figures; the title reinforces this narrative reading.

Dense Composition Visual · 98%

Numerous overlapping poles, horizontal braces, vertical supports, and rope lashings form a densely articulated structure, especially across the right half of the image.
Linear Forms Visual · 97%

The scaffold is defined by a conspicuous network of straight poles and repeated diagonal, horizontal, and vertical lines.
Patterns Visual · 95%

Repeated ornamental motifs appear in the dark border, while the figures’ garments contain strong recurring patterns and graphic shapes.

Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the object as a Japanese woodblock print, supporting its classification as a woodcut-based print.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The work is dated 1895, placing it within nineteenth-century art.

Japanese Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the work as a Japanese woodblock print by Migita Toshihide.

Buddhist Art and Architecture Both · 90%

The Daibutsu title and recognizable Buddha imagery support a Buddhist subject, although no specific temple, sect, or ritual context is identified.

Migita Toshihide. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

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