ko
yugai
early life and spiritual journey ko yugai, also known as baisaō, was a japanese buddhist monk of the ōbaku school of zen buddhism, born in 1675 in the town of hasuike, hizen province. his early life was marked by the loss of his father at …
A portrait built from ko yugai'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.