A work made of ink, color, and gold on silk.

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Mihata Jôryû · c. 1830/43

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Palette

Biscuit
62% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.8:1

Khaki
25% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1

Burnt orange
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

Copper
5% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.8:1

Green earth
2% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.7:1

Bronze
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1

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: Mihata Jôryû
Date: c. 1830/43
Type: Painting
Medium: Ink, color, and gold on silk
Size: 106.6 × 45.6 cm (42 × 18 in.); Overall: 176.5 × 54.6 cm (69 1/2 × 21 1/2 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 70, colourfulness 33

Art Institute of Chicago, Samuel M. Nickerson Endowment. 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

High Ranking Courtesan

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