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A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in a Female Role

Ippitsusai Buncho · c. 1769

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Palette

Sand
 49% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.4:1
Khaki
 22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.1:1
Tan
 14% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1
Apricot
 8% of the image
Orange · text contrast 7.0:1
Oyster
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.6:1
Olive brown
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

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
Ippitsusai Buncho
Japanese, active c. 1755-90
Date
c. 1769
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Size
31.3 × 14.3 cm (12 5/16 × 5 5/8 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
18th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 65, colourfulness 28

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 1796: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1867. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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