utagawa kunisada ii — Palette Genome

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utagawa
kunisada ii

1823 — 1880 · 19th Century

**early life and training** utagawa kunisada ii, also known as toyokuni iv, was a renowned japanese ukiyo-e print designer born in edo, japan in 1823. he was a pupil of utagawa kunisada i and signed much of his early work under the name kunimasa iii. …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from utagawa kunisada ii's own colours

Every 15 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.

utagawakunisada ii

A portrait built from utagawa kunisada ii's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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