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Table 2 Location of the six coloured inks in ‘Pink Fuji’ and ‘Red Fuji’

From: Developing a systematic approach to determine the sequence of impressions of Japanese woodblock prints: the case of Hokusai’s ‘Red Fuji’

Colours

Areas

Dark blue

Outlines, trees and text

Dark browna

Top of Mount Fuji

Pink/red

Body of Mount Fuji

Green

Foot of Mount Fuji

Deep blue

Top of the sky

Light blue

Sky

  1. aNote that close examination of the impressions showed that the pink/red ink overlaps the dark brown ink