eikanshi
( go - 永歓子) isaburō (original family name - 猪三郎) shiyū ( go - 子裕) yōsōsai ( go - 養素斎)
A Life Immersed in Nature: The World of Imao Keinen Born in Kyoto in 1845, Imao Keinen—originally named Imao Inosuke—embarked on a journey that would establish him as one of Japan’s most beloved and influential artists during the late Edo and early Meiji periods. His …
A portrait built from eikanshi ( go - 永歓子) isaburō (original family name - 猪三郎) shiyū ( go - 子裕) yōsōsai ( go - 養素斎)'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.