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Banzuiin Chōbei, from the series Story of Brocades of the East in the Floating World (Azuma no hana ukiyo kōdan - Banzuiin Chōbei) by Yoshitoshi

Banzuiin Chōbei, from the series Story of Brocades of the East in the Floating World (Azuma no hana ukiyo kōdan - Banzuiin Chōbei)

Yoshitoshi · 10th month, 1867

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Palette

Sepia
 52% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1
Putty
 20% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1
Chalk
 12% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.9:1
Parchment
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.0:1
Madder
 3% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.4:1
Salmon
 3% of the image
Pink · text contrast 6.8:1

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
Yoshitoshi
Japanese, 1839–1892
Date
10th month, 1867
Type
Print
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Size
Image: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (36.8 x 24.1 cm)
Place
Japan
Period
Meiji period · 19th century
Main colour
Brown · lightness 57, colourfulness 15

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Artist died 1892: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1963. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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