sesshū
tōyō
The Monk-Painter's Genesis Born into the prestigious Oda samurai clan around 1420, Sesshū Tōyō’s life began not with the sword, but with the brush and the sutra. His early years in Kyoto were defined by a profound spiritual redirection; rather than following the martial path …
A portrait built from sesshū tōyō's own colours
Every 3 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.
