tengan
chiben
The Spiritual Brush: The Life and Legacy of Tengan Chiben In the quiet, mist-shrouded landscapes of the late Edo period, few artists captured the profound stillness of the soul as poignantly as Tengan Chiben, known to many by his monastic name, Gako. Born in the …
A portrait built from tengan chiben's own colours
Every 2 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.
