Yokoyama
Taikan
A Legacy Forged in Tradition and Innovation Yokoyama Taikan, born Sakai Hidemaro in 1868 in the quiet town of Toyohara, Japan, stands as a monumental figure in pre-World War II Japanese art. He wasn’t merely a painter; he was an architect of *Nihonga*, a distinctly …
A portrait built from Yokoyama Taikan's own colours
Every 9 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.
