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Fuchu: View of the Licensed Quarter in Nichomachi (Fuchu, Nichomachi kuruwa no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Fuchu: View of the Licensed Quarter in Nichomachi (Fuchu, Nichomachi kuruwa no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)

Utagawa Hiroshige · c. 1837/42

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Palette

Pale stone
50% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.8:1

Taupe
20% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.4:1

Mushroom
15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.2:1

Smoke
7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1

Iron
7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.1:1

Terracotta
1% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.9:1

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 Hiroshige
Japanese, 1797-1858
Date: c. 1837/42
Type: Print
Medium: Color woodblock print; chuban
Size: 16.7 × 22.8 cm (6 9/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 66, colourfulness 14

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