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Tesshū
Tokusai

The Silent Echoes of Zen Landscape Painting Tesshū Tokusai (徳斎鉄洲), a figure emerging from the mist of 14th-century Japan, stands as a singular master within the annals of Japanese art history. Born around 1366 in Kyoto, he was far more than a mere painter; he …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Tesshū Tokusai'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.

← 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.

Tesshū
Tokusai

A portrait built from Tesshū Tokusai's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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TesshūTokusai

A portrait built from Tesshū Tokusai's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

Tesshū
Tokusai