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  4. The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo III as Shiragiku, Ichikawa Danjuro V as the puppeteer Dekurokubei, and Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, in the joruri "Shinobukoi Yanagi no Katsura Otoko," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1785
A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo III as Shiragiku, Ichikawa Danjuro V as the puppeteer Dekurokubei, and Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, in the joruri "Shinobukoi Yanagi no Katsura Otoko," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1785

Torii Kiyonaga · 1785

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Palette

Parchment
 38% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.9:1
Khaki
 31% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1
Sand
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1
Copper
 6% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.4:1
Caramel
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Raw umber
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1

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
Torii Kiyonaga
Japanese, 1752-1815
Date
1785
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Size
37.4 × 25.9 cm (24 15/16 × in.)
Place
Japan
Period
18th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 67, colourfulness 27

Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. 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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