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Urashima Taro Going Home on the Back of a Tai Fish, the King of the Sea Seeing Him Off by Hokkei

Urashima Taro Going Home on the Back of a Tai Fish, the King of the Sea Seeing Him Off

Hokkei · 19th century

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Palette

Pale stone
 64% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.0:1
Mushroom
 12% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.5:1
Dusty rose
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1
Putty
 7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1
Warm grey
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1
Cinnamon
 2% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.9:1

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
Hokkei
Japanese, 1780–1850
Date
19th century
Type
Print
Medium
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Size
7 9/16 x 10 5/16 in. (19.2 x 26.2 cm)
Place
Japan
Period
Edo period · 18th century
Themes
Seascapes and the coast
Main colour
Grey · lightness 74, colourfulness 13

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Artist died 1850: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1921. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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