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“‘A Boat Cast Adrift’ (Ukifune): Omatsu and Akabori Mizuemon,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

“‘A Boat Cast Adrift’ (Ukifune): Omatsu and Akabori Mizuemon,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi · 1845–46

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Palette

Putty
 75% of the image
Green · text contrast 9.6:1
Graphite
 9% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.9:1
Chalk
 8% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.2:1
Brick
 3% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.5:1
Straw
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1
Pale gold
 2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.8:1

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
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Japanese, 1797–1861
Date
1845–46
Type
Print
Medium
Woodblock ōban print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Size
Image: 13 7/8 × 9 1/16 in. (35.2 × 23 cm)
Place
Japan
Period
Edo period · 19th century
Themes
Boats and ships
Main colour
Green · lightness 71, colourfulness 15

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Ronin Gallery, 2018. 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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