taikō
josetsu
Taikō Josetsu: The Father of Japanese Ink Painting Josetsu (如拙; *fl.* 1405–1496) stands as a monumental figure in the history of Japanese art, recognized universally as the progenitor of *suiboku* style – monochromatic ink wash painting – and arguably the first practitioner of this influential …
A portrait built from taikō josetsu's own colours
Every 1 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.
