A work made of handscroll; ink and colors on paper.

Scroll with twelve erotic scenes

Hishikawa School · Early 18th century

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Palette

Putty
75% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1

Smoke
12% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.9:1

Khaki
5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1

Soot
3% of the image
Black · text contrast 15.6:1

Sienna
3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

Straw
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.6:1

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

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Artist: Hishikawa School
Date: Early 18th century
Type: Painting
Medium: Handscroll; ink and colors on paper
Place: Japan
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 63, colourfulness 18

Art Institute of Chicago, Leo Guthman gift. 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

Scroll with twelve erotic scenes

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