Picture of Mitsumata
Utagawa Kuniyoshi · 1797–1861
Palette
Pale stone
Steel blue
Ivory
Taupe
Fawn
Pale blue-grey
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
- 1797–1861
- Type
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Size
- 10 x 14 1/2 in. (25.4 x 36.8 cm)
- Place
- Japan
- Period
- Edo period · 18th century
- Themes
- Boats and ships · Rivers and lakes
- Main colour
- Blue · lightness 65, colourfulness 14
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Artist died 1861: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1932. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules







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