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The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Kitagawa
Utamaro

1753 — 1806 · Early Modern

Kitagawa Utamaro: A Master of Bijin-ga Born: Tokyo, Japan (1753) Died: 1806 Kitagawa Utamaro was a Japanese artist renowned for his contributions to *ukiyo-e*, particularly his depictions of beautiful women (*bijin-ga*). He stands as one of the most celebrated designers of woodblock prints and paintings …

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Kitagawa Utamaro
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Kitagawa Utamaro's own colours

Every 48 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