Harada
Naojirō
A Bridge Between Worlds: The Life and Art of Harada Naojirō Harada Naojirō, a name perhaps less familiar in the West than some of his contemporaries, occupies a pivotal position in the development of modern Japanese painting. Born in Tokyo in 1863, during the twilight …
A portrait built from Harada Naojirō'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.
