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A work made of color woodblock print; two sheets from oban triptych.

Ichikawa Danjuro VII before a screen decorated with peonies

Utagawa Kuniyoshi · c. 1847/52

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Palette

Biscuit
 64% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.7:1
Deep teal
 26% of the image
Teal · text contrast 9.9:1
Lamp black
 5% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.4:1
Salmon
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1
Cinnamon
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1
Terracotta
 1% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.7:1

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
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Japanese, 1797-1861
Date
c. 1847/52
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; two sheets from oban triptych
Size
36 × 48.7 cm (14 3/16 × 19 3/16 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 61, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Judson D. Metzger Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1861: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1932. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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