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Ikuo
Hirayama

1930 — 2009 · Modern

Ikuo Hirayama: A Journey Through Dreams and Remembrance Ikuo Hirayama (1930-2009) stands as a singular figure in the landscape of Japanese Nihonga painting, a tradition deeply rooted in ink wash techniques and emphasizing emotional resonance over meticulous realism. More than simply a painter, he was …

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Ikuo Hirayama
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Ikuo Hirayama's own colours

Every 11 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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers