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The Merchant (Sho) from the series Beauties Illustrating the Four Social Classes (Adesugata shi no ko sho)

A work made of color woodblock print; koban.

The Merchant (Sho) from the series Beauties Illustrating the Four Social Classes (Adesugata shi no ko sho)

Torii Kiyonaga · c. 1779

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Palette

Peach
41% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.3:1

Fawn
22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Tan
14% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.7:1

Salmon
10% of the image
Pink · text contrast 7.1:1

Sepia
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1

Sand
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1

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: Torii Kiyonaga
Japanese, 1752-1815
Date: c. 1779
Type: Print
Medium: Color woodblock print; koban
Size: 20.4 × 15.5 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 18th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 65, colourfulness 24

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