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A work made of shikishi, ink, colors, and gold leaf on paper.

Illustration of the Tale of Genji, chapter 5 Waka-Murasaki

Tosa School · 17th century

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Palette

Olive
 39% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Moss
 32% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.8:1
Fawn
 19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.1:1
Linen
 5% of the image
Green · text contrast 13.2:1
Caramel
 2% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.8:1
Dark olive
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 12.4:1

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
Tosa School
Japanese, 1539-1613
Date
17th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Shikishi, ink, colors, and gold leaf on paper
Size
22.7 × 20.6 cm (8 15/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
17th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 52, colourfulness 29

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martin A. Ryerson. 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

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