A work made of eight-fold screen; ink and color on paper.

Otsu-e paintings

Unknown artist · c.1850

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Palette

Biscuit
36% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.8:1

Taupe
35% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1

Warm grey
13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1

Fawn
6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.9:1

Chestnut
5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.2:1

Tan
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1

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: Unknown artist
Date: c.1850
Type: Painting
Medium: Eight-fold screen; ink and color on paper
Size: Painting: 43 × 248 cm (16 15/16 × 97 11/16 in.); Frame: 63.5 × 310 cm (25 × 122 1/16 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 58, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of John Gregg Allerton. 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

Otsu-e paintings

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