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  4. The Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oiso no Tora, Azuma Tozo III as Miura Katagai, and Otani Tokuji I as Danzaburo, in the joruri "Chidorigake Koi no Tamaboko," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1784
A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oiso no Tora, Azuma Tozo III as Miura Katagai, and Otani Tokuji I as Danzaburo, in the joruri "Chidorigake Koi no Tamaboko," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1784

Torii Kiyonaga · 1784

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Palette

Putty
 28% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.8:1
Old gold
 26% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.6:1
Soot
 15% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.9:1
Khaki
 11% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1
Tan
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1
Raw umber
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1

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

Details

Artist
Torii Kiyonaga
Japanese, 1752-1815
Date
1784
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Size
38.2 × 25 cm (15 1/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
18th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 57, colourfulness 27

Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. 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

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