The value structure of T?sh?sai Sharaku is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #D38770 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (2.7%). 58 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. In the context of T?sh?sai Sharaku's full range of palettes, group 9 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.