kishida
ryusei
early life and artistic career kishida ryūsei, a japanese painter, was born on june 23, 1891, and passed away on december 20, 1929. during his lifetime, he became renowned for his realistic yōga-style portraiture, as well as his nihonga paintings in the 1920s. artistic style …
A portrait built from kishida ryusei's own colours
Every 7 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.
