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.
Mariko Ando
Yusuke Hanai
Coffee and contemplation, Jim Hopper (1)
Yusuke Hanai
Design - 30 x 8 x 5 cm Design - 11.8 x 3.1 x 2 inch
Sold
Takahisa Kamiya
Jimmy Yoshimura
Echelons of empowerment : purple panorama
Jimmy Yoshimura
Painting - 40 x 160 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 63 x 2 inch
$4,495
Urashimo taro’s journey of love
Jimmy Yoshimura
Sculpture - 80 x 50 x 50 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$35,958
Deep blu : azure reflections, Tokyo’s depths in manga palette
Jimmy Yoshimura
Painting - 220 x 160 x 5 cm Painting - 86.6 x 63 x 2 inch
$9,888
Purple arlequin : Harajuku rhapsody, the enigmatic dance of colors
Jimmy Yoshimura
Painting - 180 x 137 x 5 cm Painting - 70.9 x 53.9 x 2 inch
$6,742
Tatoo : ink and skin
Jimmy Yoshimura
Painting - 200 x 160 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 63 x 2 inch
$7,866
Otohime’s : princess of the deep
Jimmy Yoshimura
Sculpture - 80 x 50 x 50 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$35,958
TWINS : DUALITY IN MANGA HUE, A TOKYO MIRROR
Jimmy Yoshimura
Painting - 200 x 145 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 57.1 x 2 inch
$8,090
FLOWER FLAG : SAKURA BLOSSOMS IN TECHNICOLOR, TOKYO’S FLORAL OVERTURE
Jimmy Yoshimura
Painting - 200 x 141 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 55.5 x 2 inch
$7,866
Yuichi Yokoyama
Potchi Moopp
SHIITAKE SPROUTS : MINIATURE MAGIC UNVEILED
Potchi Moopp
Design - 50 x 50 x 50 cm Design - 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$6,742
MY CAT : FELINE PHANTASMS IN UTOPIAN REALMS
Potchi Moopp
Painting - 110 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 2 inch
$5,394
SHIITAKE SYMPHONY : A GRAND FUNGI FANTASIA
Potchi Moopp
Design - 100 x 100 x 100 cm Design - 39.4 x 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$13,484
SHIITAKE SPROUTS : MINIATURE MAGIC UNVEILED
Potchi Moopp
Design - 50 x 50 x 50 cm Design - 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$6,742
SHIITAKE SYMPHONY : A GRAND FUNGI FANTASIA
Potchi Moopp
Design - 100 x 100 x 100 cm Design - 39.4 x 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$13,484
SHIITAKE SPROUTS : MINIATURE MAGIC UNVEILED
Potchi Moopp
Sculpture - 50 x 50 x 50 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$6,742
SHIITAKE SPROUTS : MINIATURE MAGIC UNVEILED
Potchi Moopp
Design - 50 x 50 x 50 cm Design - 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$6,742
FRIENDS : COMPANIONS IN THE VIRTUAL EDEN
Potchi Moopp
Painting - 130 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$6,854
Akio Harada
Roamcouch
Yamato Nadeshiko: Haru (Spring)
Roamcouch
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,577
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
$3,556
Aya Toshikawa
MIYUKI 5 : MISTY PURPLE WHISPERS AND KAWAII TEMPTATION
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$2,360
Yumi2 : Chiseled Allure and Graceful Pose
Aya Toshikawa
Sculpture - 130 x 55 x 55 cm Sculpture - 51.2 x 21.7 x 21.7 inch
$57,307
ASUKA1 : ETHEREAL ALLURE ON A WHISPERING GREEN CANVAS
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 130 x 97 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 2 inch
$5,618
MIZUIRO7 : BLU KAWAII REVERIE WITH LOVE, PEACE AND WHIMSICAL SKULLS
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 112 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 44.1 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$5,955
MIYU4 : KAWAII PINK WHIMSY AND REVERIE
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 116 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 43.3 x 2 inch
$5,731
SENSUAL DOLLS IN CUBIC HARMONY : AZURE TEMPTATIONS
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 50 x 50 x 50 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$5,618
ARIKA5 : VERDANT TEMPTATION IN KAWAII WHISPERS
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 50 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch
$1,910
ARUHI3 : VERDANT CLOUDS, KAWAII WHISPERS
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 100 x 105 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 41.3 x 2 inch
$4,719