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A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e.

The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II as Oshichi in the play "Nanakusa Fukki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1718

Torii Kiyomasu II · 1718

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Palette

Pale stone
 65% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.8:1
Khaki
 26% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.0:1
Raw umber
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Sunflower
 2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.4:1
Old gold
 2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.4:1
Caramel
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1

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 Kiyomasu II
Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)
Date
1718
Type
Print
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
Size
33.7 × 15.3 cm (13 1/4 × 6 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
18th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 74, colourfulness 23

Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1763: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1834. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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