"TADANORI YOKOO - Jakuan", Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Limited Edition Silk Screen 1997, Ultra Rare, Size (c.73 x 103cm)
This poster is ultra rare and is displayed in the world`s most prestigious galleries such as MoMA in New York City. It is very difficult / almost impossible to find in any condition.
Original Silkscreen Print on Paper, B1 Size (103 × 73 cm | 40.6 × 28.7 in)
As held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York.
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/6035
This is an original 1997 silkscreen print by Japanese graphic design icon Tadanori Yokoo, titled “Jakuan” (寂庵)—a radiant explosion of spiritual satire, Buddhist reverence, and pop-cultural irreverence. Created during one of Yokoo’s most dynamic creative periods, this work captures his signature collage aesthetic and kaleidoscopic layering, presented here as a psychedelic pilgrimage.
At the center of the composition, a procession of stone Jizō statues—guardian deities in Japanese Buddhism—snake upward along a surreal, winding river of light, culminating in a monumental central figure. Around them, bold rays of color burst outward like divine energy, contrasted by playful sakura motifs and bold ink calligraphy suspended in a tilted frame. Overseeing the journey is a robed monk, arms outstretched as if conducting the ritual of ascension, surrounded by smaller human and divine figures in colorful robes and stances of reverence.
In true Yokoo fashion, the poster doesn’t rest in solemnity. The spiritual elements are subverted with offbeat portraiture and kitsch touches: a cheerful modern woman in polka dots and a wide-brim hat, stylized traditional portraits, and nods to popular culture. All of this is wrapped in a riot of pink clouds, golden backdrops, and eruptive rays that blur the boundary between the sacred and the absurd.
Like all of Yokoo’s silkscreen masterpieces, “Jakuan” thrives on physicality. Silkscreen printing allows the layering of vibrant inks, metallic foils, and opaque textures, creating a tactile, handcrafted visual surface. Yokoo embraced the imperfections and raw energy of this analog process—giving his works a visceral edge that connects avant-garde art to grassroots spiritualism and counterculture zines.
Produced in a small, unnumbered edition during Yokoo’s fertile 1990s period, “Jakuan” is part of MoMA’s permanent holdings and is exceedingly rare in the collector’s market. The print remains in outstanding condition, unbacked and carefully preserved.
A landmark work that bridges postwar Japanese graphic art, Buddhist iconography, and pop maximalism, “Jakuan” is essential for serious collectors of Japanese modernism, Yokoo’s visionary oeuvre, and the graphic arts movement that challenged and redefined spiritual visual culture in the 20th century.
Please refer to the imagery (both front and back) as this is the exact poster that is for sale.
It is over 28 years old!
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
