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Kanagawa Palette

by kmkkiii
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Description

This theme supports Dark Mode
This theme supports Light Mode

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Kanagawa for Obsidian

An Obsidian theme inspired by the colors of the famous painting by Katsushika Hokusai — The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

Color palette is based on kanagawa.nvim.

dark-theme light-theme

Variants

Variant Mode Description
Wave Dark Default dark theme with deep ocean tones
Dragon Dark (alt) Muted, warm dark theme (requires Style Settings)
Lotus Light Warm paper-like light theme

Installation

From Community Themes

  1. Open Obsidian Settings → Appearance → Themes
  2. Click Manage and search for "Kanagawa"
  3. Click Install and use

Manual

  1. Download theme.css and manifest.json from the latest release
  2. Create a folder Kanagawa in <vault>/.obsidian/themes/
  3. Place both files inside the folder
  4. Open Obsidian Settings → Appearance → Themes and select Kanagawa

Style Settings

Install the Style Settings plugin for additional options:

  • Dark theme variant — Switch between Wave and Dragon
  • Text font — Custom text font family
  • Monospace font — Custom monospace font family

Background

This theme was created because the original Obsidian Kanagawa theme (obsidian_kanagawa by @sspaeti) is no longer available (repository returned 404). This is a fresh rewrite based on the same kanagawa.nvim color palette, with modernized CSS and additional Dragon variant support.

Credits

License

MIT

The color palette used in this theme is derived from kanagawa.nvim, which is licensed under the MIT License. See the original LICENSE for details.

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