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A work made of two hanging scrolls, ink on paper.

Handwritten Letter

Soga Shōhaku · c. 1754

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Palette

Pale stone
 74% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.4:1
Putty
 11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.9:1
Oyster
 7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.6:1
Mushroom
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.8:1
Stone
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1
Taupe
 1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

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
Soga Shōhaku
Japanese, 1730-1781
Date
c. 1754
Type
Painting
Medium
Two hanging scrolls, ink on paper
Size
121.3 × 54.5 cm (47 13/16 × 21 1/2 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
18th century
Themes
Reading and letters
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 76, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson. 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

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