kumashiro
ayaru, hikonoshin, jinzaemon, kisen, shūkō
A Life Immersed in the Nagasaki Style Kumashiro Yuhi, a name synonymous with the delicate beauty of 18th-century Japanese bird-and-flower painting, was born Kumashiro Ayaru in Nagasaki in 1712. His life unfolded against the backdrop of a Japan cautiously opening to foreign influence, particularly through …
A portrait built from kumashiro ayaru, hikonoshin, jinzaemon, kisen, shūkō'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.
