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

Illustration of the Tale of Genji, ch. 8 Hana no en

Tosa School · 17th century

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Palette

Olive
 38% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Khaki
 29% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1
Bronze
 12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1
Moss
 12% of the image
Green · text contrast 8.6:1
Linen
 6% of the image
Green · text contrast 13.0:1
Pine
 3% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.3:1

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
22.6 × 20.3 cm (8 15/16 × 8 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
17th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 53, colourfulness 30

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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