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Akira Yamaguchi: Bridging Tradition and Innovation in Yamato-e Painting Akira Yamaguchi (山口晃, *Yamaguchi Akira*; born 1969 in Tokyo, Japan) stands at the intersection of Japanese artistic heritage and contemporary visual expression. His distinctive style—characterized by a masterful fusion of Yamato-e tradition with oil painting techniques—has …
A portrait built from akira yamaguchi'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.
