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Shibata Zeshin
Bird and Cattails

A work made of album leaf, inks and color on paper.

Bird and Cattails

Shibata Zeshin · Meiji period (1868–1912)

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Palette

Dark olive
56% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.5:1

Olive brown
33% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.8:1

Ash
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1

Bistre
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.4:1

Warm grey
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.5:1

Taupe
1% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.9:1

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: Shibata Zeshin
Date: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Type: Painting
Medium: Album leaf, inks and color on paper
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Themes: Birds
Main colour: Brown · lightness 29, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barancik. 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