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The actors Ichikawa Sadanji I as Imagawa Yoshimoto and Onoe Kikugoro V as Mori Shinsuke

A work made of color woodblock print; oban triptych.

The actors Ichikawa Sadanji I as Imagawa Yoshimoto and Onoe Kikugoro V as Mori Shinsuke

Toyohara Kunichika · 1884

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Palette

Taupe
59% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1

Sienna
19% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.4:1

Raspberry
8% of the image
Red · text contrast 8.7:1

Biscuit
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.1:1

Old gold
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1

Chestnut
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Japanese, 1835-1900
Date: 1884
Type: Print
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Size: 73.2 × 37 cm (28 7/8 × 14 5/8 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Brown · lightness 45, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Nathalie Gookin in memory of Frederick W. Gookin. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1900: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1971. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules