waki
yamato
A Pioneer of Shōjo Manga: The World of Waki Yamato Waki Yamato, born in Sapporo, Japan, on March 13, 1948, stands as a monumental figure in the history of shōjo manga—comics geared towards young women. Her career, launched in 1966 with the short story *Dorobō …
A portrait built from waki yamato's own colours
Every 5 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.