bundo
tenno
The Master of Luminous Layers: The Life and Art of Bundo Tenno In the delicate, shimmering world of Japanese lacquerware, few names evoke the same sense of meticulous devotion as Bundo Tenno. Born in Tokyo in 1896, Tenno emerged during a transformative era for Japanese …
A portrait built from bundo tenno'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.
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.
