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Ukiyo-e Weather & Road

Boat on the Swell

A small ferry rocks on sine-wave swells at dusk beneath a sienna sun and three circling gulls, rendered in ukiyo-e woodblock palette.

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When to use it

Ambient hero backgrounds, cultural or travel themes, dark-mode landing pages needing calm painterly motion.

When not to

Light-background layouts (background is hardcoded dark navy). Contexts where subtle motion competes with text legibility.

Working with an AI agent

Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:

Move the sun to the right side by changing sx to W*0.70, shift sunset palette by replacing PAL.sienna with '#7a3b6a' for a violet dusk. Theme: dark tokens live in :root, the light variant in :root[data-theme="light"]; ?theme=light or a {type:'forever:theme'} postMessage switches at runtime.

Safe to edit

  • sun position (sx = W*0.30)
  • palette colors (PAL object)
  • swell amplitude and count (amp, b loop 0..3)
  • boat tilt sensitivity (Math.sin(t*0.9)*0.02)
  • gull count and spacing (i loop 0..2)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • IIFE wrapper
  • prefers-reduced-motion guard (REDUCED)
  • visibilitychange pause/resume
  • DPR-aware fitCanvas()
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • Background color hardcoded in CSS (#243044) — must edit both CSS and canvas gradient to change sky
  • Boat tilt derived from two swell sample points; at very wide viewports the angle change may be imperceptible

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More Ukiyo-e Weather & Road components

  • Sudden RainUp to 140 slanted rain streaks fall in two depth layers over a painted ukiyo-e scene: gradient sky, green hill, indigo river, and arched bridge silhouette.
  • Bokashi SkyCanvas sky cycles dawn→day→dusk→night with bokashi gradients; sun/moon arcs overhead, stars appear at night, a bird drifts across, hills anchor the base.
  • Falling SnowSnow flakes drift and sway over a ukiyo-e night scene: indigo sky, snow-capped rooftops, and a lone layered pine. Static fallback for reduced-motion.
  • Distant MountainFour ukiyo-e hill silhouettes drift at different parallax rates past a snow-capped peak and glowing sun on a gradient indigo sky.
  • Plum BranchA ukiyo-e-style ume plum branch with 11 blossoms that bloom open petal-by-petal, sway gently, and re-bloom every 12 seconds against layered ink hills.
  • Lantern Path7 paper lanterns line a receding road in ukiyo-e woodblock style; sky and lanterns cycle through dusk and dawn as darkness falls and lifts.