The Eighth Month (from the series Fashionable Presentations of the Twelve Months)
Torii Kiyonaga · 1779
Palette
Putty
Taupe
Oyster
Cinnamon
Burnt orange
Sepia
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
- Torii Kiyonaga
Japanese, 1752–1815 - Date
- 1779
- Type
- Medium
- Color woodblock print
- Size
- Sheet: 23 x 16 cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
- Place
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Period
- 18th century
- Main colour
- Gold & ochre · lightness 64, colourfulness 19
Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Cleveland Museum of Art marks it public domain (share_license_status = CC0). Europe: Artist died 1815: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1886. Last checked 2026-10-31 (share_license_status is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules











