kinpūsha
toyomaro
Kitagawa Utamaro: The Poet of the Floating World Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753 – October 31, 1806) stands as a towering figure in the history of Japanese art, a master of *ukiyo-e* woodblock prints and paintings who captured the essence of Edo-period life with an unparalleled …
A portrait built from kinpūsha toyomaro'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.
