ikkyū
sōjun
Ikkyū Sōjun: A Rebel Monk Who Shaped Zen Art and Literature Ikkyū Sōjun (一休宗純, ikkyū sōjun, february 1, 1394 – december 12, 1481) was an eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese zen buddhist monk and poet. He had a profound impact on the infusion of japanese art and …
A portrait built from ikkyū sōjun'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.
