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A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The Hanging-Cloud Bridge at Mount Gyodo near Ashikaga (Ashikaga Gyodozan kumo no kakehashi), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)"

Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1833/34

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Palette

Putty
 47% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.5:1
Green earth
 21% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.0:1
Moss
 15% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.8:1
Pale gold
 8% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.5:1
Tan
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Prussian blue
 2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.8:1

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
Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese, 1760-1849
Date
c. 1833/34
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Place
Japan
Period
Edo period · 19th century
Themes
Mountains · Cities and streets
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 62, colourfulness 24

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Weissman. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1849: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1920. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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