A work made of color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych.

Lord Minamoto Yoritomo Captures Takadate Castle in His Conquest of Mutsu Province (Minamoto Yoritomo ko Oshu seibatsu Takadachi no shojo o koraku su), and View of the Coast of Mutsu Province (Oshu kaigan ichiran)

Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) · 1868

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Palette

Pale stone
43% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.5:1

Smoke
40% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1

Navy
8% of the image
Blue · text contrast 11.1:1

Taupe
3% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.8:1

Madder
3% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.5:1

Salmon
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1

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: Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II)
Japanese, 1830–1874
Date: 1868
Type: Print
Medium: Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Themes: Seascapes and the coast
Main colour: Grey · lightness 60, colourfulness 13

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 1874: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1945. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules