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Sessho-seki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Sessho-seki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo · 1898

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Palette

Pale stone
65% of the image
Green · text contrast 10.6:1

Smoke
24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.5:1

Madder
4% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.1:1

Iron
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1

Tan
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1

Prussian blue
1% of the image
Blue · text contrast 10.8:1

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: Tsukioka Kôgyo
Japanese, 1869-1927
Date: 1898
Type: Print
Medium: Color woodblock print
Size: Approx: 25.2 × 37.4 cm (10 × 15 3/8 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Green · lightness 66, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, Frederick W. Gookin Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1927: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1998. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules