A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Dutch (Orandajin), from the series "People of the Five Nations (Gokakoku no uchi)"

Utagawa Kunihisa II · 1861

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Palette

Pale gold
59% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.8:1

Spruce
18% of the image
Teal · text contrast 7.2:1

Pale stone
11% of the image
Green · text contrast 11.2:1

Charcoal
8% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.5:1

Cinnamon
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1

Khaki
2% of the image
Green · 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

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Artist: Utagawa Kunihisa II
Japanese, 1832–1891
Date: 1861
Type: Print
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Yellow · lightness 64, colourfulness 39

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1891: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1962. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Dutch (Orandajin), from the series "People of the Five Nations (Gokakoku no uchi)"

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