Long painted scroll, green, brown mountains, wooden house, Amida Buddha on cloud.

Legends of the Yūzū Nembutsu Sect

Unknown artist · Kamakura period (1185–1333), 14th century

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Putty
50% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.8:1

Fawn
31% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1

Mushroom
10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

Lichen
4% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.6:1

Ash
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1

Taupe
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.5:1

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

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Artist: Unknown artist
Japanese, active 14th century
Date: Kamakura period (1185–1333), 14th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Handscroll; ink, colors, and gold on paper
Size: 30.5 × 1176.9 cm (12 × 460 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 12th century
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 67, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-27); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Legends of the Yūzū Nembutsu Sect

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