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
€1,234
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
€1,520
Yellow Flowers
Takashi Yasuoka
Painting - 27.3 x 22 x 1.8 cm Painting - 10.7 x 8.7 x 0.7 inch
€1,370
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
€1,370
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
€1,258
Keihin Industrial Zone
Naoko Shiozaki
Painting - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
€2,708
Shoïchi Hasegawa
Yuko Kimura
Natsuyo Takahashi
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
€1,550
Koomote three: Koi attack
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
€1,550
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
€1,550
Koomote five: The weeping woman
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
€1,550
Hannya four: A garden of remembrance
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
€1,550
Hannya five: Bowing, an act of rising
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
€1,550
Hannya two: Blooming chrysanthemums in darkness
Taira Akiko Hiraguri
Painting - 41 x 41 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 inch
€1,550
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
€1,550
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
€1,705
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
€1,840
Abundance - Highest abundance
Akila Hanada
Painting - 30 x 90 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.4 inch
€920
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
€1,192
Heart ~Love from Andromeda~
Akila Hanada
Painting - 45.5 x 38 x 2.5 cm Painting - 17.9 x 15 x 1 inch
€1,363
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
€1,363
Gift from golden dragon
Akila Hanada
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.4 inch
€1,363
Narika Sato
Journey without answers
Narika Sato
Painting - 25 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
€1,184
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
€2,905
Balcony-the Hatch
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 228 x 456 x 127 cm Sculpture - 89.8 x 179.5 x 50 inch
€4,963
Table of Squares, III
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 25 x 42 x 42 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 16.5 x 16.5 inch
€9,396
Table of Squares, I
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 102 x 102 x 270 cm Sculpture - 40.2 x 40.2 x 106.3 inch
€45,735
The Sea at Dawn
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 150 x 253 x 253 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 99.6 x 99.6 inch
€60,764
See to the Sea
Rina Murao
Sculpture - 115 x 405 x 170 cm Sculpture - 45.3 x 159.4 x 66.9 inch
€38,222