tadashi
nakayama
A Life Bridging Worlds: The Art of Tadashi Nakayama Tadashi Nakayama, born in Niigata, Japan in 1927 and passing away in 2014, was an artist whose life and work embodied a beautiful synthesis of tradition and innovation. He wasn’t merely a woodblock printmaker; he was …
A portrait built from tadashi nakayama'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.