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tokuro
katata

1907 — 1993 · Modern

The Alchemist of Clay: The Turbulent Life of Tokuro Katata To understand the soul of Japanese ceramics in the twentieth century, one must look toward the fire-scarred legacy of Tokuro Katata. Born into a lineage of potters in the historic clay-rich region of Seto City, …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from tokuro katata's own colours

Every 1 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