Ukiyo-e · 1831
Fujimigahara in Owari Province
Fujimigahara in Owari Province (1831) by Hokusai. Its palette is led by pale muted golden cream (#f4deae, 32%) and light muted aqua (#8eb6b1, 22%), with accents of dark slate, stone, very dark muted blue and azure. Overall the canvas is light, vivid and warm.
Color note
Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, The Great Wave among them, made bold use of Prussian blue, a synthetic pigment newly imported to Japan.
Palette
- #f4deae MG 202 pale muted golden cream 31.5% of canvas
- #8eb6b1 MG 080 light muted aqua 21.6% of canvas
- #2d3330 MG 211 dark slate 16.9% of canvas
- #c0be3a MG 041 pale golden yellow 8.5% of canvas
- #e78e66 MG 022 light orange scarlet 7.8% of canvas
- #686252 MG 175 stone 6.4% of canvas
- #091043 MG 100 very dark muted blue 5.0% of canvas
- #3b719d MG 090 azure 2.3% of canvas
Color families
White 28%, Blue 25%, Brown 12%, Yellow 11%, Black 8%
Measurements
Composition
55% of the visual weight is in the left half, 56% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.55 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 16% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 28% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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