Rinpa · 1715

Red and White Plum Blossoms

Red and White Plum Blossoms (1715) by Ogata Kōrin. Its palette is led by graphite (#35322d, 37%) and light amber (#c1984f, 30%), with accents of golden olive and white. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.

Color note

Kōrin's Irises screens (c. 1701–05) repeat clumps of irises across a ground of gold leaf, painted in mineral blue and green: azurite and malachite.

Palette

#35322d MG 218 graphite 36.5% of canvas
#c1984f MG 033 light amber 30.3% of canvas
#98743b MG 034 amber 12.2% of canvas
#645c43 MG 193 golden olive 11.9% of canvas
#e5c173 MG 036 pale gold 7.8% of canvas
#fefefd MG 205 white 1.4% of canvas

Color families

Yellow 45%, Brown 36%, Gray 13%, Black 5%, White 1%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.54
Contrast: 0.49
Vividness: 0.059
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 223 cells
Hue range: 0.07
Focus: 0.00

Composition

55% of the visual weight is in the left half, 65% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.23 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 9% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 31% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1715
Size: 156.0 × 172.2 cm
Genre: byōbu-e
Made in: Japan
Collection: MOA Museum of Art, Atami

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Irises screen, c. 1701–1705
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