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[[File:SC155045.jpg|right|250px|link=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/207552/kamakura-village-from-an-untitled-series-of-westernstyle-l?ctx=1be86594-d25a-458d-827f-8e5dc3048977&idx=0|Kamakura Village by Katsushika Hokusai]]
 
[[File:SC155045.jpg|right|250px|link=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/207552/kamakura-village-from-an-untitled-series-of-westernstyle-l?ctx=1be86594-d25a-458d-827f-8e5dc3048977&idx=0|Kamakura Village by Katsushika Hokusai]]
  
<font size="3">'''[[:Category:Indigo: Ukiyo-e colorant|Indigo]] + [[:Category:Orpiment: Ukiyo-e colorant|Orpiment]]'''</font>: Green is achieved by mixing or overprinting a blue and a yellow colorant. The dominant formulation for green after the introduction of full-color printing after 1765 is a mixture of indigo and orpiment. By altering the proportions of each, a wide variation of greens could be obtained.  
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<font size="3">'''[[:Category:Indigo: Ukiyo-e colorant|Indigo]] + [[:Category:Orpiment: Ukiyo-e colorant|Orpiment]]'''</font>: Green is achieved by mixing or overprinting a blue and a yellow colorant. The dominant formulation for green after the development of full-color printing in the mid-1700s was a mixture of indigo and orpiment. By altering the proportions of each, a wide variation of greens could be obtained. The preference for this formulation of green may have been due to the relative stability of both indigo and orpiment to moisture. However, like most of the colorants used for woodblock printing during the Edo period, both will fade upon prolonged exposure to light.  
  
'''For more information see:''' [[:Category:Indigo: Ukiyo-e colorant|Indigo]], [[:Category:Orpiment: Ukiyo-e colorant|Orpiment]]
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'''For additional information see:''' [[:Category:Indigo: Ukiyo-e colorant|Indigo]], [[:Category:Orpiment: Ukiyo-e colorant|Orpiment]]
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== Examples of Indigo+Orpiment in Ukiyo-e Prints ==
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== Examples of Indigo + Orpiment in Ukiyo-e Prints ==
  
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[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[Harunobu, Beautiful Women of the Yoshiwara, Applying makeup (MFA 2006.1537.5)|Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu]]
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[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[Kiyomasu II, Actors Segawa Kikunojô I as Ochiyo; Matsushima Kichisaburô as Ochiyo's Spirit Projection, the Courtesan Tekkai Sennin; and Ichikawa Ebizô II as Mushanosuke of Ôsaka, 21.5452|Pt 1: Printed<br>Torii Kiyomasu II, 21.5452]]
 
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|[[File:11.16479-pt4-detail.png|200px|link=Harunobu, Nishikigi of the Kanaya Lighting Incense beside a Mosquito Net, 11.16479]]
 
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[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[Harunobu, Beautiful Women of the Yoshiwara, Applying makeup (MFA 2006.1537.5)|Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu]]
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[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[Harunobu, Nishikigi of the Kanaya Lighting Incense beside a Mosquito Net, 11.16479|Pt 4: Printed<br>Suzuki Harunobu, 11.16479]]
 
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|[[File:11.19295-pt4-detail.png|200px|link=Shunshō, No. 3, Comparative Poems, from the series Six Types of Waka Poetry as Described in the Preface of the Kokinshû, 11.19295]]
 
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[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[Harunobu, Beautiful Women of the Yoshiwara, Applying makeup (MFA 2006.1537.5)|Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu]]
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[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[Shunshō, No. 3, Comparative Poems, from the series Six Types of Waka Poetry as Described in the Preface of the Kokinshû, 11.19295|Pt 4: Printed<br>Katsukawa Shunshō, 11.19295]]
 
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|[[File:11.17946-pt3-detail.png|200px|link=Eisen, Fujieda: Kichô of the Owariya, from the series A Tôkaidô Board Game of Courtesans: Fifty-three Pairings in the Yoshiwara, 11.17946]]
 
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[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[Harunobu, Beautiful Women of the Yoshiwara, Applying makeup (MFA 2006.1537.5)|Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu]]
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[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[Eisen, Fujieda: Kichô of the Owariya, from the series A Tôkaidô Board Game of Courtesans: Fifty-three Pairings in the Yoshiwara, 11.17946|Pt 3: Printed<br>Keisai Eisen, 11.17946]]
 
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[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[Hokusai, Stone, from the series Three Pictures for a Children's Hand Game, 11.20413|Pt 7: Printed<br>Katsushika Hokusai, 11.20413]]
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|[[File:11.20417-pt6-detail.png|200px|link=Hokusai, Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Asahina and Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Tsukisayo, 11.20417]]
 
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[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[Harunobu, Beautiful Women of the Yoshiwara, Applying makeup (MFA 2006.1537.5)|Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu]]
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[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[File:Indigo FORS.JPG|200px]]<br>[[Hokusai, Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Asahina and Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Tsukisayo, 11.20417|Pt 6: Printed<br>Katsushika Hokusai, 11.20417]]
 
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== Analysis ==
 
== Analysis ==
Fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) and X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) is used to identify indigo+orpiment.
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Fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) is used to identify [[:Category:Indigo: Ukiyo-e colorant|indigo]] and X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) is used to detect arsenic (As) and sulfur (S), which is an indication of the presence of [[:Category:Orpiment: Ukiyo-e colorant|orpiment]] (As<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>). For more information, please see the individual colorant pages, [[:Category:Indigo: Ukiyo-e colorant|indigo]] and [[:Category:Orpiment: Ukiyo-e colorant|orpiment]].
 
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Turmeric EEM ref.jpg|<center>3D EEM plot for Turmeric</center>
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Indigo FORS.JPG|<center>FORS spectrum of Indigo reference</center>
Yellow EEM plots.jpg|<center>3D EEM plots for Yellow references</center>
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Slide4 FC334.PNG|<center> XRF spectrum of Orpiment</center>
 
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==List of Prints ==
 
==List of Prints ==
List of prints where indigo was detected
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Below is a list of prints where indigo + orpiment was detected.

Latest revision as of 01:31, 23 May 2024

Kamakura Village by Katsushika Hokusai

Indigo + Orpiment: Green is achieved by mixing or overprinting a blue and a yellow colorant. The dominant formulation for green after the development of full-color printing in the mid-1700s was a mixture of indigo and orpiment. By altering the proportions of each, a wide variation of greens could be obtained. The preference for this formulation of green may have been due to the relative stability of both indigo and orpiment to moisture. However, like most of the colorants used for woodblock printing during the Edo period, both will fade upon prolonged exposure to light.

For additional information see: Indigo, Orpiment

Examples of Indigo + Orpiment in Ukiyo-e Prints

21.5452-pt1-detail.png

Indigo FORS.JPG
Indigo FORS.JPG
Pt 1: Printed
Torii Kiyomasu II, 21.5452

11.16479-pt4-detail.png

Indigo FORS.JPG
Indigo FORS.JPG
Pt 4: Printed
Suzuki Harunobu, 11.16479

11.19295-pt4-detail.png

Indigo FORS.JPG
Indigo FORS.JPG
Pt 4: Printed
Katsukawa Shunshō, 11.19295

11.17946-pt3-detail.png

Indigo FORS.JPG
Indigo FORS.JPG
Pt 3: Printed
Keisai Eisen, 11.17946

11.20413-pt7-detail.png

Indigo FORS.JPG
Indigo FORS.JPG
Pt 7: Printed
Katsushika Hokusai, 11.20413

11.20417-pt6-detail.png

Indigo FORS.JPG
Indigo FORS.JPG
Pt 6: Printed
Katsushika Hokusai, 11.20417

Analysis

Fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) is used to identify indigo and X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) is used to detect arsenic (As) and sulfur (S), which is an indication of the presence of orpiment (As2S3). For more information, please see the individual colorant pages, indigo and orpiment.

List of Prints

Below is a list of prints where indigo + orpiment was detected.

Pages in category "Indigo/Orpiment: Ukiyo-e colorant"

The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total.

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