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Sanjo Bridge (Sanjo Ohashi), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Miyako meisho)"

A work made of color woodblock print; uchiwa-e.

Sanjo Bridge (Sanjo Ohashi), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Miyako meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige · c. 1849/50

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Palette

Peacock
36% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.4:1

Prussian blue
27% of the image
Blue · text contrast 10.8:1

Bone white
27% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.6:1

Blue-grey
5% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.6:1

Duck egg
4% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.0:1

Cinnamon
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.9:1

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: c. 1849/50
Type: Print
Medium: Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e
Size: 23 × 29.9 cm (9 × 11 7/8 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Themes: Cities and streets
Main colour: Blue · lightness 51, colourfulness 18

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 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