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.
Miyu Ai
Happiness is inside of you
Miyu Ai
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.01 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,370
Takashi Yasuoka
Blue Single Flower Vase
Takashi Yasuoka
Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,687
Tea Break Time
Takashi Yasuoka
Painting - 22.7 x 15.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 8.9 x 6.2 x 0.7 inch
$1,361
Yellow Flowers
Takashi Yasuoka
Painting - 27.3 x 22 x 1.8 cm Painting - 10.7 x 8.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,521
Naoko Shiozaki
Never-Ending Excursion
Naoko Shiozaki
Painting - 19 x 26.8 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$1,396
Keihin Industrial Zone
Naoko Shiozaki
Painting - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$3,006
Shoïchi Hasegawa
Présence illusoire
Shoïchi Hasegawa
Print - 57.5 x 75.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.6 x 29.7 x 0.1 inch
$666
Yuko Kimura
Natsuyo Takahashi
Episode type 011
Natsuyo Takahashi
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,054
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Koomote three: Koi attack
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,720
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
$1,720
Koomote five: The weeping woman
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,720
Hannya four: A garden of remembrance
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,720
Hannya five: Bowing, an act of rising
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,720
Hannya two: Blooming chrysanthemums in darkness
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,720
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
$1,720
Koomote two: Believing in the grace of flight
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,720
Keiko Hosoya
Azumi Yonehara
Akila Hanada
A girl who knows all emotions
Akila Hanada
Painting - 15 x 15 x 1.5 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inch
$1,892
The story of Dark Mattre - chan and Pajamama
Akila Hanada
Painting - 60 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch
$2,045
I am the queen of the univers
Akila Hanada
Painting - 72.7 x 91 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.6 x 35.8 x 1 inch
$2,042
Abundance - Highest abundance
Akila Hanada
Painting - 30 x 90 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.4 inch
$1,021
Abundance - Home of the soul
Akila Hanada
Painting - 41.3 x 32 x 2 cm Painting - 16.3 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,323
Heart ~Love from Andromeda~
Akila Hanada
Painting - 45.5 x 38 x 2.5 cm Painting - 17.9 x 15 x 1 inch
$1,513
At the bottom of the sea
Akila Hanada
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,513
Gift from golden dragon
Akila Hanada
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.4 inch
$1,513
Narika Sato
Journey without answers
Narika Sato
Painting - 25 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,314
Rina Murao
Table of Squares, II
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 150 x 250 x 250 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 98.4 x 98.4 inch
$3,224
Balcony-the Hatch
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 228 x 456 x 127 cm Sculpture - 89.8 x 179.5 x 50 inch
$5,509
Table of Squares, I
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 102 x 102 x 270 cm Sculpture - 40.2 x 40.2 x 106.3 inch
$50,764
The Sea at Dawn
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 150 x 253 x 253 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 99.6 x 99.6 inch
$67,446
See to the Sea
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 115 x 405 x 170 cm Sculpture - 45.3 x 159.4 x 66.9 inch
$42,425
Balcony in the Rain
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 160 x 320 x 88 cm Sculpture - 63 x 126 x 34.6 inch
$3,757