tsukioka
settei
early life and training tsukioka settei, a renowned japanese ukiyo-e artist, was born in ōmi province in 1710. he studied painting in osaka under the guidance of takada keiho, a prominent artist of the kanō school. settei's work was significantly influenced by nishikawa sukenobu, another …
A portrait built from tsukioka settei's own colours
Every 2 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.