Akio
Takamori
The Soul in the Clay: The Life and Legacy of Akio Takamori To encounter the work of Akio Takamori is to meet a gaze that transcends the boundary between clay and flesh. Born in 1950 in the quiet town of Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan, Takamori’s early …
A portrait built from Akio Takamori'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.