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.
Satoshi Morita
Teruma
Ligne de cheveux series 009
Teruma
Painting - 65.2 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 25.7 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
$4,270
Ligne de cheveux series 004
Teruma
Painting - 65.2 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 25.7 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
$4,270
Ligne de cheveux series 005
Teruma
Painting - 65.2 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 25.7 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
$4,270
Tatsuhiro Ide
Nite Nite (White)
Tatsuhiro Ide
Sculpture - 30 x 25.9 x 26.9 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 10.2 x 10.6 inch
$5,500
Kumikaho Oshima
Barbie’s fortune fountain
Kumikaho Oshima
Sculpture - 80 x 80 x 6 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2.4 inch
$7,304
Ephemeral earnings
Kumikaho Oshima
Sculpture - 40 x 40 x 20 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 15.7 x 7.9 inch
$7,304
Dreamland dollhouse
Kumikaho Oshima
Sculpture - 70 x 70 x 8 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 27.6 x 3.1 inch
$7,304
Kouta Sasai
Portrait of a woman
Kouta Sasai
Painting - 37 x 34.5 x 1 cm Painting - 14.6 x 13.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,641
Nudity woman lyingt
Kouta Sasai
Painting - 130.1 x 161.8 x 3.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.7 x 1.2 inch
$7,304
Woman in patterned sweater
Kouta Sasai
Painting - 45.5 x 26.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 17.9 x 10.4 x 0.2 inch
Sold
Kojiro Akagi
1999 Paris Rue de Lanneau Quartier Latin
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 65 x 48 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 inch
$1,067
1974 Les toits de Paris Roofs
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 35 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$8,428
1985 Montmartre Rue du Chevalier de La Barre
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 64.5 x 49 cm Print - 25.4 x 19.3 inch
$843
1990 Paris Au coin de la Rue Valette Quartier Latin
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 28 x 18 cm Print - 11 x 7.1 inch
$1,405
1985 Paris Rue Saint Dominique CARNAVALET MUSEUM PARIS Collection
Kojiro Akagi
Print - 38 x 45.3 cm Print - 15 x 17.8 inch
$781
1985 Bruxelles Rue de Rollebeck A l'étrille du Vieux Bruxelles
Kojiro Akagi
Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$8,428
Kazuhiko Tanaka
Don't want to hear it
Kazuhiko Tanaka
Sculpture - 12 x 8 x 4.5 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 3.1 x 1.8 inch
$320
Running out from the clouds
Kazuhiko Tanaka
Sculpture - 14 x 14 x 7.5 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 5.5 x 3 inch
Sold
The Orchestra
Kazuhiko Tanaka
Sculpture - 29 x 18.5 x 18.5 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 7.3 x 7.3 inch
Sold
Phantasy - Head In The Cosmos
Kazuhiko Tanaka
Sculpture - 23 x 15 x 9 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 5.9 x 3.5 inch
Sold
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
$674
Kuri Tsushimoto
Mitsuo Shiraishi
Shu Takahashi
Toshihiko Ikeda
Vieux homm-Q – Coexistence chaleureuse
Toshihiko Ikeda
Print - 40 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,011
Vieil homme – Posture de parfaite défense.
Toshihiko Ikeda
Print - 82 x 64 x 0.1 cm Print - 32.3 x 25.2 x 0 inch
$2,023
Vieille femme-R – Premiers cris de naissance dans l’après-midi
Toshihiko Ikeda
Print - 91 x 65 x 0.2 cm Print - 35.8 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,023
Palais du vieux roi - Se lever dans l’obscurité
Toshihiko Ikeda
Print - 108.5 x 79.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 42.7 x 31.3 x 0.1 inch
$3,933