Other Reds: Ukiyo-e colorant

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Kojima Bingo no Saburô Takanori by Suzuki Harunobu

Other Reds: Red mixtures of madder and safflower have commonly been found. The are most often detected by analyzed the back of a print in a region that madder was found in the front as the safflower penetrated the paper better than the madder. Other reds were commonly found by overprinting.

Other reds and red combinations found so far include:

  • cochineal
  • iron oxide red
  • iron oxide red, red lead
  • iron oxide red, vermilion
  • madder, safflower
  • madder, safflower, sappanwood
  • madder, sappanwood
  • madder, vermilion
  • safflower, sappanwood
  • safflower, vermilion
  • red lead, vermilion

Examples of Other Reds in Ukiyo-e Prints

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Pt 5: Printed
front (top) and back (bottom)
Suzuki Harunobu, 11.19633

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Pt 8: Madder, vermilion
Keisai Eisen, 11.25617

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34.348-Pt3 XRF.png

34.348-Pt3 EEM.png
Pt 3 Iron oxide red, Safflower, vermilion
Suzuki Harunobu, 34.348

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Pts 1,2 Red lead, vermilion
Okumura Masanobu, 11.13343

Analysis

A combination of Excitation Emission Matrix (EEM) spectroscopy, Fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS), and X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) is used to detect the various reds.

List of Prints

Below is a list of prints where the various orange mixtures were detected.

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