utagawa
(shunsai) toshimasa 歌川年昌
A Fleeting Glimpse: The World of Utagawa (Shunsai) Toshimasa The name Utagawa (Shunsai) Toshimasa, born in Japan in 1866 and passing in 1913, resonates with a quiet intensity within the annals of *ukiyo-e*, the “pictures of the floating world.” While not as widely celebrated as …
A portrait built from utagawa (shunsai) toshimasa 歌川年昌's own colours
Every 1 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.
