Kita
Genki
A Nagasaki Portraitist Bridging East and West In the vibrant, salt-aired atmosphere of 17th and 18th-century Nagasaki, a unique cultural alchemy was taking place. As Japan's primary gateway for interaction with the outside world during the Edo period, Nagasaki served as a rare window through …
A portrait built from Kita Genki'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.