mitani
toshuku
The Quiet Legacy of Mitani Toshuku: A Master of the Unkoku School Mitani Toshuku, born in Yamaguchi, Japan in 1577 and passing away in 1654, occupies a fascinating yet often understated position within the landscape of Edo period Japanese painting. He wasn’t a revolutionary figure …
A portrait built from mitani toshuku'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.
