Japanese artists
Do you have a weakness for Japanese art? Located on an isolated island, Japanese art remained uninfluenced by Western society for a long time. In traditional Japanese art, we often see woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), hanging scrolls (kakejiku), or illustrated handscrolls (emaki). Most often, these traditional artworks will also include calligraphy (shodo). These mediums are distinct characteristics of traditional Japanese arts. Famous traditional artists include Utamaro and Utagawa Toyokuni. More recently, Japanese modern and contemporary art has been explosive in today's art world. What was once an isolated entity, has now become a highly sought-after commodity. Artists like Takashi Murakami and Yayoi Kusama have dominated the art scene by creating wildly out-of-this-world works that contribute to Japan's thriving artistic state. Despite the initial unease towards Western influence, Japanese art has been anything sort of successful.
Since the success of Superflat, a contemporary art movement influenced by Japanese anime, manga and pop culture and founded by Takashi Murakami, Japanese artists have invaded the international art scene.
Japanese art is distinguished by its great diversity. Some artists, such as Yoshitomo Nara, with his drawings of children and dogs with large naive eyes, retain, with a focus on the theme of innocence, the sensitive and fragile aspect of their traditional art. Others add to their art a degree of provocation and eroticisicm. Yayoi Kusama and Yoko Ono, both provocative and sometimes erotic, began their careers as artists during the 1960s in New York working with the movements Happening and Fluxus, respectively.
Others still are interested in the history of their country, pop culture or the consumer society. Ryoko Watanabe, for example, is inspired by Japanese stereotypes such as the Geisha and incorporates such characters into modern and urban landscapes.
Suki Da
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Fickle Memory 07
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$888
Floating memories 03
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$888
Torrent06_6879
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
$799
Torrent25_8141
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 32.9 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 19 x 0 inch
$799
Nobuyoshi Araki
Kinbaku-bi, l’art japonais du bondage érotique - 3 volumes sous Coffret en bois
Nobuyoshi Araki
Photography - 33 x 29 x 20 cm Photography - 13 x 11.4 x 7.9 inch
$3,885
Daido Moriyama
Ying Chen
Tokihiro Sato
Photo-respiration 1998 Yura #340
Tokihiro Sato
Photography - 33 x 48.3 cm Photography - 13 x 19 inch
Sold
Mikiya Takimoto
Karesansui
Mikiya Takimoto
Photography - 15.8 x 15.8 x 5.8 cm Photography - 6.2 x 6.2 x 2.3 inch
$3,513
Sarah Fujiwara
Melting Petals 110
Sarah Fujiwara
Photography - 28.5 x 18.8 x 2 cm Photography - 11.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,054
Melting Petals 105
Sarah Fujiwara
Photography - 51 x 34 x 3 cm Photography - 20.1 x 13.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,554
Melting Petals 103
Sarah Fujiwara
Photography - 24.5 x 24.5 x 2 cm Photography - 9.6 x 9.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,054
Melting Petals 102
Sarah Fujiwara
Photography - 28.5 x 18.8 x 2 cm Photography - 11.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,054
Melting Petals 101
Sarah Fujiwara
Photography - 18.8 x 28.5 x 2 cm Photography - 7.4 x 11.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,054
Melting petals 33
Sarah Fujiwara
Photography - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,106
Yumi Watanabe
Pointless Love series
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.1 inch
$622
Petals-After Image of Love
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 10 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.9 inch
$555
Pointless Love Series
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 8 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.1 inch
$622
After image of loves series - petals purple
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 10 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.9 inch
$555
After image of love
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 25 x 25 x 10 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 3.9 inch
Sold
Fallen Away Series- Fallen Tree
Yumi Watanabe
Photography - 42 x 53 x 5 cm Photography - 16.5 x 20.9 x 2 inch
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Fallen serie- fallen tree
Yumi Watanabe
Sculpture - 45 x 56 x 8 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 22 x 3.1 inch
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Miwa
Maki Amemori
Luscious – blue
Maki Amemori
Photography - 14.4 x 10 x 2 cm Photography - 5.7 x 3.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,914
After Image – Tokyo Ginza –
Maki Amemori
Painting - 59 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 23.2 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,150
Labyrinth Color No 5
Maki Amemori
Painting - 14.4 x 10 x 0.2 cm Painting - 5.7 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,743
Labyrinth Color No 7
Maki Amemori
Painting - 59.4 x 42 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,998
Labyrinth Color No 10
Maki Amemori
Painting - 59.4 x 42 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,658
Kenro Izu
Still Life 108 and Still life 158
Kenro Izu
Photography - 35.6 x 66 x 0.3 cm Photography - 14 x 26 x 0.1 inch
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Still Life #108
Kenro Izu
Photography - 31.1 x 37.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 12.25 x 14.63 x 0.1 inch
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Still Life #158
Kenro Izu
Photography - 33.7 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 13.25 x 11 x 0.1 inch
Sold