hon'ami
kōetsu
early life and influences hon'ami kōetsu, a celebrated japanese painter, was born in 1558 in kyoto, japan. his family, renowned for their expertise in sword polishing and connoisseurship, had served the imperial court and notable warlords of the sengoku period, including oda nobunaga and toyotomi …
A portrait built from hon'ami kōetsu's own colours
Every 16 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.
