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A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the Hanagasa Dance in the Play Iromi-gusa Shiki no Somewake, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunjо̄ · c. 1781

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Palette

Parchment
 33% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.0:1
Straw
 22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.0:1
Stone
 16% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Taupe
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Tan
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1
Terracotta
 4% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.0:1

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 Shunjо̄
Japanese, died 1787
Date
c. 1781
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Size
32.2 × 14.8 cm (12 11/16 × 5 13/16 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
18th century
Themes
Music and dance
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 68, colourfulness 23

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 1787: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1858. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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