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Anthony Dunphy
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.8 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.3 inch
£631
Pausing on the Trail
Anthony Dunphy
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.3 inch
£631
Breaking The Surface
Anthony Dunphy
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.8 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.3 inch
£631
Untitled (DEC355458)
Katsuko Kuroya
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
£143
Inner Garden
Minako Asakura
Fine Art Drawings - 27.3 x 22 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.7 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch
£268
Milky Way
Minako Asakura
Fine Art Drawings - 27.3 x 22 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.7 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch
£268
Sans Titre (DED463026)
Katsuko Kuroya
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
£143
Personnage B't X n°2
Masami Kurumada
Painting - 39 x 27 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.4 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
£1,416
Paravent abstraction shade
M. Sakai
Painting - 60 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
£1,969
Verdure et Lumière Cristalline III
Akané Kirimura
Print - 31.5 x 47 cm Print - 12.4 x 18.5 inch
£492
Verdure et Lumière Cristalline III
Akané Kirimura
Print - 31.5 x 47 cm Print - 12.4 x 18.5 inch
£492
Mountains in the winter
Katsuko Kuroya
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£143
Morning haze
Katsuko Kuroya
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£143
Blue Canyon
Katsuko Kuroya
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£143
Goddess of good harvest
Manami Okamoto
Painting - 91 x 72.7 x 2 cm Painting - 35.8 x 28.6 x 0.8 inch
£4,305
Hannya three: A garden of solace, finding peace and comfort among the blooms
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
£1,387
Hannya two: Blooming chrysanthemums in darkness
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
£1,387
Hannya five: Bowing, an act of rising
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
£1,387
Hannya four: A garden of remembrance
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
£1,387
Koomote five: The weeping woman
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
£1,387
Koomote four: There are always flowers for those who want to see them
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
£1,387
Koomote three: Koi attack
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
£1,387
Invisible Place
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 162 x 162 x 4 cm Painting - 63.8 x 63.8 x 1.6 inch
£13,425
Kiss and autumn leaves
Akio Harada
Painting - 53.3 x 53.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 21 x 21 x 2 inch
£2,148
Cyclops (The Simpsons) 400% + 100%
Bearbrick
Design - 28 x 13 x 10 cm Design - 11 x 5.1 x 3.9 inch
£358
H.R. Giger Black Chrome 400% + 100%
Bearbrick
Design - 28 x 13 x 10 cm Design - 11 x 5.1 x 3.9 inch
£403
Silent Flame the Crack Sound of the Music
Hiroshi Mehata
Painting - 80 x 117 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 46.1 x 1 inch
£16,736
The Purgatory Gazes
Hiroshi Mehata
Painting - 80 x 117 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 46.1 x 1 inch
£16,736
Flower which shines in moonlight
Hiro
Painting - 53 x 65.2 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 25.7 x 0.8 inch
£4,289
Dawn of the world in white silver
Hiro
Painting - 53 x 65.2 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 25.7 x 0.8 inch
£4,289
Electric shock experience -black- (5)
AyaNe AyaNe
Print - 84.5 x 119 x 3.2 cm Print - 33.3 x 46.9 x 1.3 inch
£5,280
Electric shock experience -black- (4)
AyaNe AyaNe
Print - 119 x 58.4 x 3.2 cm Print - 46.9 x 23 x 1.3 inch
£5,280
Electric Shock Experience -Black- (2)
AyaNe AyaNe
Print - 119 x 84.5 x 3.2 cm Print - 46.9 x 33.3 x 1.3 inch
£5,280
See to the Sea
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 115 x 405 x 170 cm Sculpture - 45.3 x 159.4 x 66.9 inch
£34,208
The Sea at Dawn
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 150 x 253 x 253 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 99.6 x 99.6 inch
£54,382
Table of Squares, I
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 102 x 102 x 270 cm Sculpture - 40.2 x 40.2 x 106.3 inch
£40,932
Table of Squares, III
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 25 x 42 x 42 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 16.5 x 16.5 inch
£8,409
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.