teisai
hokuba
Teisai Hokuba: A Pioneer of Edo Period Landscape and Portraiture Teisai Hokuba (1771-1844), a name perhaps less familiar than some of his contemporaries, stands as a remarkably influential figure in the history of Japanese art. Born Arisaka Gorohachi during the late Edo period, he rose …
A portrait built from teisai hokuba's own colours
Every 3 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.
