↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · early 1830s
South Wind, Clear Sky, from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai
Gift from J. H. Wade · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image licence: CC0 · Museum record & image source ↗
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1797
Kataoka Nizaemon VII and Ichikawa Yaozo III in a Confrontation Beside a Waterfall
- Date
- c. 1797
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- Overall: 36.2 x 24.5 cm (14 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
- Country / context
- Japan
- Movement / tradition
- Japanese art and printmaking
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Attribution / role
- Museum attribution
- Pathway
- Japanese art and printmaking ↗
ABOUT THIS WORK
Kataoka Nizaemon VII and Ichikawa Yaozo III in a Confrontation Beside a Waterfall is a representative work in our Utagawa Toyokuni guide. The catalogue records color woodblock print. Museum attribution. The linked artist guide places it alongside other works from the artist’s career.
Original educational overview · based on the linked museum recordPlace in the artist’s career
Follow the shift from a procession around 1790 to the tense theatrical confrontation of 1797 and the broad riverside gathering of 1811. Colour prints can isolate a recognisable actor or distribute attention across many figures. Multi-sheet format changes how the eye travels without changing the basic relief-printing process.
The artist’s practice
Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.
Media and surface
Commercial woodblock designs were realised with publishers, carvers and printers.
Marks and structure
Recognisable poses, patterned costume and stage-like groupings identify actors and fashionable types.
Palette and light
Printed colour patterns articulate clothing and status rather than reproduce every optical effect.
A MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.Follow a connection.
Explore the tradition ↗↗
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Utagawa Hiroshige
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The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women
Kitagawa Utamaro
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1830
A Low Tide Pentaptych
Utagawa Kuniyoshi