kanō
naganobu
Kanō Naganobu: A Pioneer of Color and Gold in Edo Japan Kanō Naganobu (1577 – December 26, 1654) stands as a pivotal figure in the Kanō school of Japanese painting, marking a crucial transition from Kyoto’s aristocratic patronage to Edo’s burgeoning artistic landscape. Born into …
A portrait built from kanō naganobu'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.
