uragami gyokudō — Palette Genome

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uragami
gyokudō

1745 — 1820 · Early Modern

Uragami Gyokudō: Bridging Music and Landscape Uragami Gyokudō (浦上玉堂), born around 1745, stands as a singular figure in Edo-period Japanese art—a musician who simultaneously achieved renown as a painter, poet, and calligrapher. While initially celebrated for his mastery of the guqin, or seven-string zither, Gyokudō’s …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from uragami gyokudō's own colours

Every 8 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

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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.

Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers

The Source Works

Where the colour came from

Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.

uragamigyokudō

A portrait built from uragami gyokudō's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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