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kanō
masanobu

1434 — 1530 · Renaissance

Kanō Masanobu: The Architect of Japanese Art Kanō Masanobu (1434? – August 2, 1530, Kyoto) stands as a monumental figure in the history of Japanese art, not merely for his prolific output but fundamentally for establishing the Kanō school—a lineage that would dominate Japanese painting …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from kanō masanobu's own colours

Every 3 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