nishimura
shigenobu
A Master of Transience: The World of Nishimura Shigenobu (Ishikawa Toyonobu) The Edo period in Japan witnessed an explosion of artistic creativity, and within the vibrant landscape of *ukiyo-e* – “pictures of the floating world” – emerged artists who captured the ephemeral beauty of life …
A portrait built from nishimura shigenobu'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.
