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A work made of color woodblock print; horizontal otanzaku.

The Seaweed-gathering Ritual in Nagato Province (Nagato mekari no shinji), from the series "Famous Places in the Provinces (Shokoku meisho)"

Totoya Hokkei · c. 1834/35

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Palette

Aqua
 38% of the image
Teal · text contrast 7.8:1
Linen
 23% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.1:1
Peacock
 22% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.7:1
Charcoal
 9% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.3:1
Sage
 7% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.1:1
Fawn
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.5:1

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
Totoya Hokkei
Japanese, 1780–1850
Date
c. 1834/35
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; horizontal otanzaku
Size
17.5 × 38.6 cm (6 7/8 × 15 3/16 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Main colour
Teal · lightness 64, colourfulness 16

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 1858: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1929. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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