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A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III, from the series "Reminiscences of Elegant Actors (Fuga wazaogi shinobu)"

Yoshitoshi · 1862

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Palette

Putty
 61% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.3:1
Iron
 24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.2:1
Brick
 8% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.5:1
Tan
 5% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.6:1
Pistachio
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.9:1
Old gold
 0% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1

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
Yoshitoshi
Japanese, 1839-1892
Date
1862
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Size
36 × 24.6 cm (14 3/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Main colour
Green · lightness 60, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Dr. and Mrs. Edwin J. De Costa. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1892: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1963. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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