utagawa
kunimasa
The Vibrant Legacy of Utagawa Kunimasa In the bustling, neon-lit atmosphere of Edo-period Japan, few artists captured the electric pulse of urban life as evocatively as Utagawa Kunimasa. Born in 1773 in the rugged landscape of Aizuwakamatsu, Kunimasa’s journey to becoming a master of the …
A portrait built from utagawa kunimasa's own colours
Every 4 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.
