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A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Surugadai, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi · c. 1832/33

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Palette

Green earth
 38% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.8:1
Lichen
 31% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.5:1
Ash
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.3:1
Prussian blue
 6% of the image
Blue · text contrast 11.8:1
Steel blue
 5% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.3:1
Tan
 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 Kuniyoshi
Japanese, 1797-1861
Date
c. 1832/33
Type
Print
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Size
25.5 × 37.5 cm (10 1/16 × 14 3/4 in.)
Place
Japan
Period
19th century
Main colour
Green · lightness 53, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Michener. 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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