kano
chōkichi
The Brush of a Dynasty: Kano Chōkichi and the Flourishing of Muromachi Painting Kano Chōkichi, born in Kyoto in 1528, emerged during a period of profound transformation in Japan. The Muromachi period (1336-1573) was marked by both political upheaval and an extraordinary flowering of artistic …
A portrait built from kano chōkichi'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.
