takahashi
yuichi
The Pioneer of Light and Shadow: The Life of Takahashi Yuichi In the twilight of the Edo period and the dawn of a modernizing Japan, one man stood at the precipice of a profound cultural metamorphosis. Takahashi Yuichi (1828–1894) was not merely a painter; he …
A portrait built from takahashi yuichi's own colours
Every 4 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.
