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Beauty Beneath a Willow Tree

A work made of hanging scroll; ink on silk.

Beauty Beneath a Willow Tree

Isoda Koryūsai · Edo period, c. 1780

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Palette

Straw
81% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.0:1

Charcoal
5% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.8:1

Parchment
5% of the image
Green · text contrast 10.8:1

Khaki
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1

Raw umber
2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.1:1

Terracotta
2% of the image
Orange · text contrast 4.9:1

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: Isoda Koryūsai
Japanese, 1735-1790
Date: Edo period, c. 1780
Type: Painting
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Size: 100.2 × 32.6 cm (39 7/16 × 12 7/8 in.); Overall with mount and knobs: 184 × 52.4 cm (72 7/16 × 20 5/8 in.)
Place: Japan
Period: 18th century
Themes: Trees and forests
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 72, colourfulness 31

Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. 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