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The Prince of Satsuma Porcelain: The Legacy of Yabu Masashichi In the golden era of the Meiji period, when Japan was first unveiling its profound artistic soul to a curious and hungry Western world, one name emerged as a beacon of unparalleled refinement: Yabu Masashimachi. Known affectionately to history as "the prince" of Satsuma ware painting, Masashichi was far more than a mere craftsman; he was a visionary architect of beauty. Born in 1853 into a lineage steeped in the traditions of Japanese aesthetics—the grandson of a Confucian scholar and the son of a celebrated Ukiyo-e artist—his ve…
A chart of yabu masashichi'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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