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A work made of ink on paper.

Ichikawa Ebizô V as Togashi Saemon and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Musashibô Benkei in Kanjinchô (The Subscription List), plate 18 from the series Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Jûhachiban no uchi)

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) · About 1852

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Palette

Parchment
 39% of the image
Green · text contrast 11.9:1
Putty
 32% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.9:1
Lichen
 14% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.7:1
Sage
 8% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.8:1
Linen
 5% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.4:1
Green earth
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · 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
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Japanese, 1786-1864
Date
About 1852
Type
Painting
Medium
Ink on paper
Size
34.6 × 24.3 cm (13 5/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
18th century
Main colour
Green · lightness 76, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift from Mr. Albert Bona, Jr.. 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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