Ukiyo-e · ?–1801 · Japanese
Tōshūsai Sharaku
Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (49%), white (20%) and black (12%). On average the canvases are light, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: scarlet, pale muted golden cream, white, pale muted cream and light scarlet orange.
Color print
The swatches covering most of these canvases, averaged over every work, dark to light.
- MG 202 pale muted golden cream 9.4% of canvas
- MG 171 bone 7.1% of canvas
- MG 024 scarlet 6.9% of canvas
- MG 175 stone 6.0% of canvas
- MG 205 white 5.7% of canvas
- MG 174 warm grey 5.6% of canvas
- MG 223 soot 5.2% of canvas
- MG 176 taupe 4.3% of canvas
- MG 215 grey 4.0% of canvas
- MG 180 pale sand 3.9% of canvas
- MG 222 charcoal 3.5% of canvas
- MG 199 pale muted cream 3.0% of canvas
- MG 155 dark reddish brown 2.4% of canvas
- MG 028 light scarlet orange 2.4% of canvas
- MG 173 putty 2.4% of canvas
- MG 177 dark taupe 2.2% of canvas
Measurements
Composition
Averaged over 3 works: 52% of the visual weight in the right half, 52% in the upper half; symmetry 0.20; 34% calm space; half of the detail in 26% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.