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A work made of color woodblock print; oban triptych.

Actors Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Nasu no Yoichi Munetaka and Nakamura Fukusuke IV as Tamamushi Gozen

Toyohara Kunichika · 1885

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Palette

Duck egg
 55% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.9:1
Smoke
 15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1
Chalk
 15% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.5:1
Charcoal
 7% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.5:1
Raspberry
 5% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.7:1
Plum
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.3:1

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
1885
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Size
37.2 × 72.4 cm (14 5/8 × 28 1/2 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Main colour
Grey · lightness 67, colourfulness 9

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

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