yasui
sōtarō
Yasui Sōtarō: A Pioneer of Modern Japanese Painting Early Life and Training Yasui Sōtarō, born on May 17, 1888, in Kyoto, Japan, was a pivotal figure in the development of modern Japanese painting. He initially defied his family’s expectations by abandoning commercial studies to pursue …
A portrait built from yasui sōtarō's own colours
Every 2 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.
