noguma
agano
Noguma Agano: The Silent Master of Yatsushiro Ware Noguma Agano (1795 – 1871) remains a figure shrouded in relative obscurity compared to many contemporaries of his era, yet his contribution to Japanese ceramics—specifically Yatsushiro ware—is undeniable. Born in Yatsushiro, Hyogo Prefecture, Noguma emerged during a …
A portrait built from noguma agano'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.
