chōkōsai
eishō
Chōkōsai Eishō: Elegance Amidst Mica and Mist Chōkōsai Eishō (鳥高斎栄昌, fl. 1790s), also known as Hosoda Eishō, remains a captivating enigma within the annals of Edo-period Japanese art. Despite the paucity of biographical details—his birthdate and family lineage remain elusive—the sheer volume of his output—nearly …
A portrait built from chōkōsai eishō'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.
