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A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Shinoda Jirodayu in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1772

Katsukawa Shunshō · c. 1772

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Palette

Biscuit
 55% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.5:1
Khaki
 20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1
Pale gold
 11% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 8.3:1
Caramel
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Amber
 4% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.4:1
Raw umber
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1

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

Details

Artist
Katsukawa Shunshō
Japanese, 1726-1792
Date
c. 1772
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Size
33 × 15.3 cm (13 × 6 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
18th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 67, colourfulness 30

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Michener. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1792: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1863. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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