The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Takahashi
Sōhei

1804 — 1835 · 19th Century

The Emergence of a Nanga Master Born into a merchant family in the Bungo-han region, which is known today as Oita Prefecture, Takahashi Sōhei emerged as a distinctive voice within the Nanga school of Japanese painting. His artistic journey began in earnest at the age …

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Takahashi Sōhei
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Takahashi Sōhei's own colours

Every 5 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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
The Chromatic Knot

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.

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Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers