Early Modern
Early Modern
Gukei
early life and career sumiyoshi hirozumi, a renowned japanese painter, was born in 1631 in kyoto, japan. he is best known for his byōbu folding screens, such as irises and red and white plum blossoms, both registered national treasures. hirozumi's artistic journey began under the guidance of his father, sumiyoshi jōkei (1561-1633), and he later followed him to edo to work as an official painter for the tokugawa shogunate. founding the sumiyoshi school hirozumi's most significant contribution to japanese art is the founding of the sumiyoshi school of yamato-e painting. this school would go on…
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An Interactive Constellation
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Gukei'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.
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Spokes — Subject
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.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.