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”Abiding nowhere, the awakened mind arises” by Musō Soseki

”Abiding nowhere, the awakened mind arises”

Musō Soseki · early to mid-14th century

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Palette

Stone
 63% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Iron
 14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.6:1
Graphite
 10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.1:1
Taupe
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.9:1
Lamp black
 4% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.1:1
Raw umber
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.6:1

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
Musō Soseki
Japanese, 1275–1351
Date
early to mid-14th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Size
Image: 39 1/16 × 22 5/8 in. (99.2 × 57.4 cm) Overall with mounting: 71 1/4 × 24 in. (181 × 61 cm) Overall with knobs: 71 1/4 × 25 13/16 in. (181 × 65.6 cm)
Place
Japan
Period
14th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 48, colourfulness 13

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2018. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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