A work made of wood block print mounted as a hanging scroll.

Heavenly King Indra, Drawn by the Esteemed Hand of the Great Patriarch (Koso go-shinpitsu Taishaku tenno)

Nichiren · c.1845 printing of a 17th century woodblock

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Palette

Bronze
40% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Sepia
17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.1:1

Graphite
15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.9:1

Pale stone
15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.0:1

Mushroom
11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1

Chalk
3% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.3:1

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: Nichiren
Japanese (1222-1282)
Date: c.1845 printing of a 17th century woodblock
Type: Painting
Medium: Wood block print mounted as a hanging scroll
Size: Length: 72" mount Width: 24 3/8" mount Length: 51 3/8" print, 72" mount Width: 19 3/4" print, 24 3/8" mount
Place: Japan
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 50, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martin A. Ryerson. 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

Heavenly King Indra, Drawn by the Esteemed Hand of the Great Patriarch (Koso go-shinpitsu Taishaku tenno)

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