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Miya: Shichiri Ferry Crossing, Gate to the Atsuta Shrine, and Nezame Village (Miya, Shichiri no watashi, Atsuta no torii, Nezame no sato)—No. 42, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido

A work made of color woodblcok print; oban.

Miya: Shichiri Ferry Crossing, Gate to the Atsuta Shrine, and Nezame Village (Miya, Shichiri no watashi, Atsuta no torii, Nezame no sato)—No. 42, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige · c. 1847/52

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Palette

Duck egg
44% of the image
Teal · text contrast 8.8:1

Parchment
25% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.8:1

Pewter
16% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.6:1

Prussian blue
11% of the image
Blue · text contrast 11.5:1

Peacock
3% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.8:1

Terracotta
2% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.9:1

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: Utagawa Hiroshige
Japanese, 1797-1858
Date: c. 1847/52
Type: Print
Medium: Color woodblcok print; oban
Size: 26 × 37.7 cm (10 1/4 × 14 13/16 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Teal · lightness 66, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1858: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1929. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules