soga
shohaku
life and artistic style soga shōhaku, a japanese painter from the edo period (1730-1781), defied conventions with his unique brush style, reminiscent of the muromachi period, which was already 150 years out of vogue by the time of his birth. this distinctive approach set him …
A portrait built from soga shohaku's own colours
Every 8 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.
