hiroshige
utagawa ii, toyokuni utagawa iv
Hiroshige Utagawa II and Toyokuni Utagawa IV: Masters of Edo Landscape Hiroshige Utagawa II (1797 – 1858), alongside his collaborator Toyokuni Utagawa IV, stands as a pivotal figure in the history of Japanese art and printmaking—specifically, ukiyo-e. Their partnership revolutionized the genre, elevating it from …
A portrait built from hiroshige utagawa ii, toyokuni utagawa iv's own colours
Every 30 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
