kano
tōun
The Architect of a Japanese Artistic Legacy In the vibrant, shifting landscape of Edo-period Japan, few names command as much reverence as Kano Tōun, also known as Masunobu Kano. Born in Tokyo in 1625, Tōun did not merely exist within his era; he helped architect …
A portrait built from kano tōun'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.
