A Princess’s Brush: The Life and Art of Shōzan Gen’yō Shōzan Gen’yō, born Ake no Miya Mitsuko in 1634, was far more than a member of the Japanese imperial family. She emerged as a significant artist, poet, and religious leader during the Edo period, embodying a unique confluence of courtly refinement and profound spiritual dedication. As the eighth daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo, her early life unfolded within the intricate world of Kyoto’s aristocracy, a realm steeped in tradition and artistic pursuit. Her mother, Hōshunmon'in Takako, herself a woman of noble lineage, fostered an environmen…
A chart of Shōzan Gen’Yō's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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