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A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The actor Matsumoto Kinsho I as Igami no Gonta at Gontazaka, between Hodogaya and Totsuka, from the series "Tokaido"

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) · 1852

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Palette

Graphite
 54% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.4:1
Putty
 34% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.1:1
Tan
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1
Navy
 2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 15.0:1
Brick
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.4:1
Blue-grey
 1% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.4:1

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
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Japanese, 1786-1864
Date
1852
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Size
36.3 × 24.5 cm (14 1/4 × 9 5/8 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 45, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Louise Norton Brown Collection; Gift of Martin A. Ryerson. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1865: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1936. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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