Wheel of Affinities — Murasaki Shikibu at Ishiyamadera Temple, based on the print “The Moon at Ishiyama,” from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi: Ishiyama no tsuki) — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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Wheel of Affinities

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Welcome. Every artwork orbiting this wheel shares a thread with “Murasaki Shikibu at Ishiyamadera Temple, based on the print “The Moon at Ishiyama,” from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi: Ishiyama no tsuki)”. Take your time, follow what catches your eye, and let curiosity carry you from one masterpiece to another.

How to explore

Drag left or right to spin the wheel.
Drag up or down — or scroll — to zoom in and out.
Hover an artwork to reveal its title and affinities; click to open it.

The eight directions: Each spoke is a kind of kinship — period, movement, vibe, topics, keywords, tone and main colour, plus “other” for the freer, more surprising matches.
Distance from the centre: The closer a work sits to the heart of the wheel, the stronger its bond with this painting. Works near the rim are looser, more unexpected echoes — often the most rewarding to discover.

period

movement

vibe

topics

keywords

tone

main color

other

period

Sumo-e, Ukiyo-e prints of Sumo Wrestler, — utagawa kunisada ii
Comic Picture — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Ariwara no Yukihira — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Komori No Godan — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

movement

Fujiwara No Sanekata's Obsession With The Sparrows — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Nihon ryakushi — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Peasant Couple — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Sumo-e, Ukiyo-e prints of Sumo Wrestler, — utagawa kunisada ii
Kiyohime changing into a serpent at Hidaka River, from the series New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890
Comic Picture — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Ariwara no Yukihira — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Restaurant — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Shutendôji — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Yume No Chôkichi — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Komori No Godan — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Banzuin Chôbei — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

vibe

Comic Picture — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

topics

Fujiwara No Sanekata's Obsession With The Sparrows — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

keywords

Nihon ryakushi — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

tone

Woman sitting in profile head from back, hair tied back, with both hands she holds one knee, dark ribbon around the neck — Eugenia Belín Sarmiento
Komori No Godan — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

main color

Sumo-e, Ukiyo-e prints of Sumo Wrestler, — utagawa kunisada ii
Komori No Godan — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Shutendôji — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Veneziana - Light for Simona — renzo schirolli, 1976
Inrō with Gibbons in a Landscape — kanō sukekiyo, 801
Comic Picture — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Banzuin Chôbei — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Yume No Chôkichi — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Rain Clouds — akino fuku
The Warrior Asahina Yoshihide Lifting a Puppet of a Courtesan on a Go Board — Torii Kiyoshige, 701

other

From A Day With Juan Iv — Georgia O'Keeffe
Rock and Bamboo — yanagisawa rikyō, 701
Sketch of landscape and clouds — Nicholas Roerich, 1919
Three Men Looking at Framed Lacquer Drawing — Shibata Zeshin
Rainstorm over a River Village — tanomura chikuden, 801
Reworking the classics — koon wai-bong, 2008
Fenggan, Hanshan, and Shide — reisai gukyoku, 401