tō
kyūjō
tô kyûjo (東久城) was a japanese painter born in kyoto in 1546 and died in 1616. he was a master of the tosa school, a lineage of japanese painters who were the official painters of the imperial court. he was the son of tosa mitsunobu, …
A portrait built from tō kyūjō'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.