yamaguchi
sōsetsu
A Life Immersed in Tradition: The World of Yamaguchi Sekkei Yamaguchi Sekkei, a name resonating with the delicate balance of power and serenity within Japanese art, was born around 1644 – though some records suggest 1648 or even 1649 – in Kyoto during the flourishing …
A portrait built from yamaguchi sōsetsu'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.
