tosatsu,
hagetsu
A Quiet Master of Japanese Landscape Painting Tosatsu Hagetsu (1516 – 1585) remains a figure shrouded in relative obscurity, yet his contribution to the artistic landscape of sixteenth-century Japan is undeniable. Unlike many contemporaries who achieved fame through patronage or dramatic commissions, Hagetsu’s legacy rests …
A portrait built from tosatsu, hagetsu'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.
