utagawa
yoshiiku
Utagawa Yoshiiku: A Pioneer of Edo Period Bijin-ga and Yokohama Prints Utagawa Yoshiiku (落合 芳幾), born around 1833 in Edo, Japan, was a pivotal figure within the Utagawa school of Japanese woodblock printing—a movement that revolutionized visual culture during the Edo period (1603–1868). His artistic …
A portrait built from utagawa yoshiiku's own colours
Every 4 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.
