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.
Rieko Kuriyama
To far away flower
Rieko Kuriyama
Painting - 41 x 31.8 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 12.5 x 1.2 inch
$670
Faint sound of wings
Rieko Kuriyama
Painting - 33.3 x 33.3 x 3 cm Painting - 13.1 x 13.1 x 1.2 inch
$670
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
$1,377
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
$1,697
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
$1,369
Yellow Flowers
Takashi Yasuoka
Painting - 27.3 x 22 x 1.8 cm Painting - 10.7 x 8.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,529
Blue Jug on Table
Takashi Yasuoka
Painting - 22 x 27.3 x 1.8 cm Painting - 8.7 x 10.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,529
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
$1,404
Keihin Industrial Zone
Naoko Shiozaki
Painting - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$3,023
Hiro
Flower which shines in moonlight
Hiro
Painting - 53 x 65.2 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 25.7 x 0.8 inch
$5,349
Kawamura Gun
Shy nudists eat Zaruzoba as you see
Kawamura Gun
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$5,581
Don’t touch it! Because you don’t know anything about it! (My record player is unbreakable)
Kawamura Gun
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$5,581
I appears to be sperm and sun eggs
Kawamura Gun
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$5,581
Shy nudists forgot that they were playing hide and seek and dance and eat Takoyki in Via del Pigneto, Rome
Kawamura Gun
Painting - 100 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$10,046
Shy nudists forget that they were playing hide and seek and start exercising in front of the foundry in Nirayama, Shizuoka
Kawamura Gun
Painting - 100 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$10,046
Shy nudists eat Ramen where I’ve been 101times_olio su juta
Kawamura Gun
Painting - 100 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$10,046
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
$1,060
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Hannya One: The burden of darkness, the promise of light
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,730
Koomote three: Koi attack
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,730
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
$1,730
Koomote five: The weeping woman
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,730
Hannya four: A garden of remembrance
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,730
Hannya five: Bowing, an act of rising
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,730
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
$1,730
Koomote two: Believing in the grace of flight
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
$1,730
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
$1,903
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
$2,054
Abundance - Highest abundance
Akila Hanada
Painting - 30 x 90 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.4 inch
$1,027
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
$1,331
Heart ~Love from Andromeda~
Akila Hanada
Painting - 45.5 x 38 x 2.5 cm Painting - 17.9 x 15 x 1 inch
$1,521
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
$1,521
Gift from golden dragon
Akila Hanada
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.4 inch
$1,521