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Utagawa Hiroshige
Yoshiwara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido)

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Yoshiwara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido)

Utagawa Hiroshige · 1852

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Palette

Deep teal
43% of the image
Teal · text contrast 8.3:1

Parchment
30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.5:1

Stone
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1

Taupe
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1

Straw
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.3:1

Tan
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1

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: 1852
Type: Print
Medium: Color woodblock print; chuban
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 54, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Andrew Headland Jr. and Mrs. William Sandberg in memory of Clara C. Headland. 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