gion
nankai
early life and education gion nankai, originally gion yu, was a japanese confucianist, author, and painter in the nanga style. born in 1677 in edo (present-day tokyo), he was the eldest son of gion jun’an, a doctor who served the kishū domain of the tokugawa …
A portrait built from gion nankai'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.
