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Katsushika Hokusai
Roben Falls at Oyama in Sagami Province (Soshu Oyama Roben no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Roben Falls at Oyama in Sagami Province (Soshu Oyama Roben no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"

Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1833

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Palette

Slate
37% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.0:1

Pale stone
18% of the image
Green · text contrast 11.1:1

Blue-grey
16% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.4:1

Tan
15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1

Pistachio
8% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.4:1

Khaki
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · 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: Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese, 1760-1849
Date: c. 1833
Type: Print
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Size: Approx: 38.2 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 54, colourfulness 17

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 1849: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1920. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules