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The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Katsushika
Hokusai

1760 — 1849 · Early Modern

A Life Etched in Ink: The World of Katsushika Hokusai Katsushika Hokusai, a name synonymous with Japanese art and the iconic image of *The Great Wave off Kanagawa*, was far more than just a printmaker. Born in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) around 1760, his life was …

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Katsushika Hokusai
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Katsushika 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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
The Chromatic Knot

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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers