shōroku
yanase
early life and artistic evolution shōroku yanase, known by his later name masamu yanase, was a japanese visual artist born on january 12, 1900, in ehime, japan. his formative years, spent in fukuoka until the age of 14, laid the groundwork for an artistic journey …
A portrait built from shōroku yanase's own colours
Every 14 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.