Hiroshige
I, Utagawa & Kiemon, Tsuruya
introduction to the artist hiroshige i, utagawa & kiemon, tsuruya, a renowned japanese ukiyo-e artist, is best known for his landscapes, such as the fifty-three stations of the tōkaidō and the sixty-nine stations of the kiso kaidō. born in 1797, he was considered one of …
A portrait built from Hiroshige I, Utagawa & Kiemon, Tsuruya's own colours
Every 8 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.