kawamura
kiyoo
Kawamura Kiyoo: Bridging East and West in Landscape Painting Kawamura Kiyoo (河村清雄) (1852–1934) stands as a pivotal figure in the history of Japanese yōga art—Western-style painting—marking a crucial juncture between traditional aesthetics and burgeoning modernity. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), he embarked on an artistic …
A portrait built from kawamura kiyoo'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.
