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A work made of set of three hanging scrolls; ink on paper.

Triptych of Calligraphy

Katsuzan Dowa · Late 17th–early 18th century

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Palette

Fawn
 34% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.7:1
Charcoal
 24% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.4:1
Tan
 20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1
Taupe
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Mushroom
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1
Raw umber
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1

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
Katsuzan Dowa
Japanese, 1634-1707
Date
Late 17th–early 18th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Set of three hanging scrolls; ink on paper
Size
140.9 × 37.5 cm (55 1/2 × 14 3/4 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
Edo period · 17th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 48, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, restricted Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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