tensen
ogyu, ogyū moritoshi
Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Tensen Ogyu, born Ōgyū Moritoshi on April 28, 1882, in the tranquil city of Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, embarked on a path that would see him become a pivotal figure in early 20th-century Japanese painting. His origins lay within a …
A portrait built from tensen ogyu, ogyū moritoshi'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.
