kōami
family
The Enduring Legacy of the Koami Family: Masters of Maki-e Lacquer For nearly two centuries and nineteen generations, the Koami family has stood as a beacon of artistic excellence in Japan, renowned for their mastery of maki-e lacquer – a technique that transforms wet lacquer …
A portrait built from kōami family'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.
