Kano
Einō
biography of a noted artist kano einō, a japanese painter from the kyō-ganō sub-school of the renowned kanō school of painting, lived from 1631 to 1697. he succeeded his father, kanō sansetsu, as the head of the kyō-ganō upon his passing in 1651. his grandfather, …
A portrait built from Kano Einō'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.
