shimazaki
ryūu
Shimazaki Ryūu: A Master of Delicate Beauty Shimazaki Ryūu (島崎柳塢), born May 4, 1865, in Tokyo, Japan, passed away January 21, 1937, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most celebrated figures in Nihonga art – Japanese landscape and genre painting. His artistic journey …
A portrait built from shimazaki ryūu'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.
