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A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych.

The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Kasahari Hokkyo in the Play Kazoe Uta Ta Ue Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunshō · c. 1776

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Palette

Fawn
 64% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1
Old gold
 22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1
Burnt orange
 5% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.6:1
Oyster
 5% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.1:1
Caramel
 3% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.7:1
Iron
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.4:1

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
Katsukawa Shunshō
Japanese, 1726-1792
Date
c. 1776
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych
Size
32.1 × 13.9 cm (12 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
18th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 66, colourfulness 26

Art Institute of Chicago, Frederick W. Gookin Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1792: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1863. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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