Kitagawa
Sōsetsu
kitagawa sōsetsu was a japanese painter from the edo period (1615–1868). he was one of the top pupils of tawaraya sōtatsu, who is recognized as the founder of rinpa, a school of painting famous for stylized and often colorful depictions of nature. sōsetsu is particularly …
A portrait built from Kitagawa Sōsetsu'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.
