Ukiyo-e · 1831
Sazai hall - Temple of Five Hundred Rakan
Sazai hall - Temple of Five Hundred Rakan (1831) by Hokusai. Its palette is led by light grey (#9cb9a9, 27%) and pale gold (#edc86c, 24%), with accents of golden olive, graphite, very dark blue, muted azure teal and dark blue. 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
- #9cb9a9 MG 213 light grey 26.5% of canvas
- #edc86c MG 036 pale gold 23.8% of canvas
- #aca181 MG 181 light sand 19.6% of canvas
- #62694b MG 193 golden olive 11.9% of canvas
- #32342f MG 218 graphite 9.2% of canvas
- #0d195d MG 108 very dark blue 4.3% of canvas
- #4e7d94 MG 082 muted azure teal 3.4% of canvas
- #153e83 MG 107 dark blue 1.2% of canvas
Color families
Yellow 29%, Green 24%, Brown 21%, Blue 11%, Gray 11%
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Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the left half, 64% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.00 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 22% 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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