Unknown artist (Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)), Portrait Study of Seigen, 1300s. hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper, Image: 25.5 x 40.9 cm (10 1/16 x 16 1/8 in.); Overall: 107.8 x 53.4 cm (42 7/16 x 21 in.); with knobs: 107.8 x 58.2 cm (42 7/16 x 22 15/16 in.). Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund. Public domain (CC0).

Portrait Study of Seigen

Unknown artist (Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)), 1300s. hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper.

Three-quarter view
Soft light
Drawing

Head and shoulders of an older, shaven-headed man turned three-quarters to the left, drawn in ink line with light color and very little shading.

Open in the value study maker

The image is free to use for any purpose: the museum has released it into the public domain.

Value studies

Portrait Study of Seigen as a study in 2 values — **Notan, 2 values.** Split at value 5.9: 11% of the picture is dark and 89% light.

Portrait Study of Seigen as a study in 3 values — **3 values.** 10% dark (values 0 to 5.2), 11% middle (5.2 to 7.7) and 79% light (7.7 to 10).

Portrait Study of Seigen as a study in 5 values — **5 values.** From darkest to lightest: 10%, 3%, 9%, 29% and 50% of the picture.

Split at the picture's natural breaks between light and dark, with Simplify at 5, as in the value study maker. Values run from 0 (black) to 10 (white).

Palette

#E8D9B8Value 8.7, warm
77%
#3E4443Value 2.8, neutral
8%
#DEC19DValue 8.0, warm
7%
#774B28Value 3.6, warm
3%
#BDA382Value 6.8, warm
3%
#877862Value 5.1, warm
2%

The 6 main colors run from value 2.8 to 8.7: 5 warm and 1 neutral. See warm and cool colors for how the labels are worked out.

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