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Kobayashi Ikuhide: A Master of Edo’s Evolving Landscape Kobayashi Ikuhide (小林幾英), a pivotal figure in late 19th and early 20th-century Japanese art, stands as a testament to the dynamic evolution of ukiyo-e printmaking during a period of profound social and political transformation. Born around 1885 …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from kobayashi ikuhide's own colours

Every 1 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