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Received Back into the Moon Palace-Taketori (Bamboo Cutter) from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon

A work made of hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk.

Received Back into the Moon Palace-Taketori (Bamboo Cutter) from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon

Yoshitoshi · c. 1885/92

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Palette

Fawn
46% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

Tan
25% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1

Taupe
20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

Raw umber
6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1

Sepia
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1

Bronze
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.4:1

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: Yoshitoshi
Japanese (1839–1892)
Date: c. 1885/92
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
Size: 105.5 × 40.7 cm (41 9/16 × 16 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Themes: Night and moonlight
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 55, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Roger L. Weston. 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