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Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kōzuke Province (Kōzuke Sano funabashi no kozu), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kōzuke Province (Kōzuke Sano funabashi no kozu), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

Katsushika Hokusai · 1827–30

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Palette

Putty
61% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1

Pewter
12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

Aqua
10% of the image
Teal · text contrast 6.8:1

Slate blue
6% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.0:1

Chalk
6% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.8:1

Mushroom
5% of the image
Brown · 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: Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)
Date: 1827–30
Type: Print
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Size: H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); W. 14 9/16 in. (37 cm)
Place: Japan
Period: Edo period · 19th century
Themes: Landscapes · Boats and ships · Winter and snow · Horses · Cities and streets
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 66, colourfulness 14

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1922. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Artist died 1849: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1920. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules