Sanzo Wada
Sanzo Wada (和田 三造, Wada Sanzō, 3 March 1883 – 22 August 1967) was a Japanese painter and costume designer who won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for his work on the jidaigeki film Gate of Hell (1953).[1] Wada reorganized the Japan Standard Color Association into the Japan Color Research Laboratory in 1945, and served as its president.
Personal life[edit]
Wada was born in Hyogo Prefecture, moving to Fukuoka with his family at age 13, and moved again to Tokyo at age 16 with the intention of becoming a painter.[2]
Bibliography[edit]
Between 1933 and 1934, Sanzo Wada published 6-volumes of color studies (Haishoku Soukan), documenting over a thousand color combinations. The books were intended to capture traditional Japanese perceptions of color, which differed from Western approaches, and included a wide range of subtle shades and hues.
In 2011 Seigensha published A Dictionary of Color Combinations, a book based on Wada’s original 6-volume work, containing 348 color combinations. [3]
- A Dictionary of Color Combinations (2011) [4]
- A Dictionary of Color Combinations - Volume II (2020) [5]
References[edit]
- ^ "A Dictionary of Color Combinations". Kettle's Yard. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "WADA SANZO | DICTIONARY OF COLOR COMBINATIONS". sanzo-wada.dmbk.io. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "A Dictionary of Color Combinations". HexPot. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "A Dictionary of Color Combinations". Kettle's Yard. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "A Dictionary of Color Combinations - Volume II". Kettle's Yard. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
External links[edit]
- Sanzo Wada at IMDb
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