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A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, tan-e.

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II and Ichikawa Monnosuke I

Torii Kiyonobu · c. 1720

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Palette

Sand
 70% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1
Honey
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.2:1
Burnt orange
 8% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.0:1
Linen
 6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.2:1
Raw umber
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.6:1
Sepia
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.6:1

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
Torii Kiyonobu
Japanese, 1664-1729
Date
c. 1720
Type
Print
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, tan-e
Size
31.6 × 15 cm (12 1/2 × 5 15/16 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
18th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 66, colourfulness 28

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1729: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1800. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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