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Nagato, section of sheet no. 15 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)"

A work made of color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet.

Nagato, section of sheet no. 15 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige · 1852

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Palette

Teal
48% of the image
Teal · text contrast 5.2:1

Pale stone
37% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.9:1

Dusty rose
6% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.5:1

Fawn
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.2:1

Stone
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1

Deep teal
3% of the image
Blue · text contrast 8.8:1

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

Details

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Japanese, 1797-1858
Date: 1852
Type: Print
Medium: Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet
Size: 16.6 × 13.5 cm (6 9/16 × 5 3/8 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Teal · lightness 65, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham 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