Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai: En Konstnärs Liv I Bläck och Trä Katsushika Hokusai, ett namn som idag är synonymt med japansk konst och framför allt den ikoniska bilden *Vågen off Kanagawa*, var mycket mer än bara en träsnittskapare. Född i Edo (modern Tokyo) omkring 1760 levde han …
A portrait built from Hokusai's own colours
Every 100 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.