sen
no rikyū
The Architect of Stillness In the vibrant, merchant-rich atmosphere of Sakai during the sixteenth century, a profound transformation was quietly unfolding. Sen no Rikyū, known simply as Rikyū, emerged not merely as a practitioner of tea but as the architect of a spiritual revolution. Born …
A portrait built from sen no rikyū's own colours
Every 3 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.
