tokuro
katata
The Alchemist of Clay: The Turbulent Life of Tokuro Katata To understand the soul of Japanese ceramics in the twentieth century, one must look toward the fire-scarred legacy of Tokuro Katata. Born into a lineage of potters in the historic clay-rich region of Seto City, …
A portrait built from tokuro katata'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.