Japanese Contemporary Art

Japan's traditions in mastery transcends in the incredibly rich and diverse contemporary arts with influences of anime and manga, to modern takes on ukiyo-e, elaborate performance artists to daring sculptures. The world of Japanese contemporary arts is an ever-evolving landscape that just waits to be discovered. Our growing contemporary art collection contains renowned artists: Seiichi Hayashi, Aquirax Uno, Kiyoshi Awazu, and of course, Tandori Yokoo.

Japanese Contemporary Art

Akira Kurosawa

Yasujirō Ozu

Star Wars

Studio Ghibli

Godzilla, Kaiju and Tokusatsu

James Bond

Rare / Exclusive / Museum

"Exit Through the Gift Shop", Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 2010, B2 Size (51 x 73cm) H130

“EVANGELION-VOX” (エヴァンゲリオン・ヴォックス), Original Japanese Promotional Music Poster 1997, Shiro Sagisu / Neon Genesis Evangelion, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q276

"Asahi Beer Advertising Poster - Tadanori Yokoo", Original Release Japanese Advertising Poster 1965, B2 Size (51 x 73cm) J162B

“Near Equal Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me” / 「≒草間彌生 わたし大好き」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 2008, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q256

“Kaseki” (化石), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1975, Rare B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q229

“Max, Mon Amour” (マックス、モン・アムール), Original Japanese Movie Poster 1987, Nagisa Oshima / Roland Topor Artwork, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) I156

“Football / Shūkyū no Zu”, Official FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 Art Poster for Japan by Hisashi Tenmyouya 2004, Large Format Open Edition Offset Lithograph (approx. 66 × 97 cm) — Unrestored, Excellent ZB21

"Hokusai Manga" (北斎漫画), Original Japanese Movie Poster 1981, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) N64A

“Pastoral: To Die in the Country” (田園に死す), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1974, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q181

“Exposition Claude Monet 1973 Japon”, Original Japanese Exhibition Poster 1973, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q180

"Exposition Kisling au Japon", Original Japanese Exhibition Poster 1975, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q179

"Art Now / Gendai no Bijutsu", Original Japanese Promotional Poster 1975, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q178

“Uniform Flesh Slave” (制服肉奴隷), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1985, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q176

Uno Aquirax (宇野亜喜良) Offset Poster – Pink Floyd "The Dark Side of the Moon" LP Record Promotional Poster, 1973, B1 Size (c.102.8 × 72.9 cm)

[ULTRA RARE SET] “The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You” – Original Japanese Promotional Poster Pair, 1981, B2 Size (51 x 73cm) Q154

“Nagano 1998 — The XVIII Olympic Winter Games”, Official Olympic Winter Games Poster 1994, Ultra Rare B1 Size (c. 72.8 x 103cm)

“The Brother from Another Planet” (ブラザー・フロム・アナザー・プラネット), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1984, B2 Size (51 x 73cm) O159A

“Crazy Lips” (発狂する唇 / Hakkyō suru Kuchibiru), Original Japanese Theatrical Release Movie Poster (2000) — Rockin’ Jelly Bean Artwork — Ultra Rare B2 (approx. 51.5 × 72.8 cm) — Omega Project / OZ Production Q137

“Football / Shūkyū no Zu”, Official FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 Art Poster for Japan by Hisashi Tenmyouya 2004, Large Format Open Edition Offset Lithograph (approx. 66 × 97 cm) — Unrestored, Excellent

“The Mystery of Picasso” (ピカソの天才の秘密), Original First Release Japanese Movie Poster 1956, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q134

Tadanori Yokoo DROOL / よだれ Original Hand-Signed B1 Poster Original 1970 printing ｜ Offset-printed poster on paper ｜ B1 size approx. 103 × 72.8 cm ｜ Hand signed by the artist｜ Very limited, museum-grade rarity

“Dodes'ka-den” (どですかでん), Original LaserDisc Release Japanese Movie Poster 1993, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA905

“THE RIGHT STUFF / ライトスタッフ” (1983), ORIGINAL JAPANESE B1 THEATRICAL POSTER, PHILIP KAUFMAN, THE LADD COMPANY / WARNER BROS. Scarce B1 Oversize, Original Japanese Theatrical Release / Academy Award Campaign (1984), c. 72.8 × 103 cm (28.7 × 40.6 in)

“Kagemusha” / “Pia” No.100, Original Japanese Commemorative Poster 1980, Very Rare, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q76

“Double Suicide” (心中天網島), Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1969, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q75

“Bengal Tiger: White Bone Highway Demon Legend” (ベンガルの虎 白骨街道魔伝), Official Japanese Curio / Seibu Exhibition Poster 1988, B1 Size (73 × 103 cm) IA22

“Ultraman Ace” (ウルトラマンA), Original Hand-Painted Cover Illustration / Production Board (“Genga”), with Surviving Pasted Title / Logo Element, for the Daitosha Manga Adaptation, circa 1978

YOMIURI ASIA CHALLENGE CUP / JAPAN SPORTS CAR FUJI 300 KILOMETRE RACE, 1968 Rare, Original Japanese motorsport event poster (B2 / approx. 51 × 73 cm), with original double-sided B5 companion flyer Colour-printed poster on paper, unrestored Q65

“KIYOSHI AWAZU – 女たち 九女八一座の人々 / SHIBUYA TŌYOKO THEATRE / BUNGAKUZA,” Japanese Theatre Poster, Original Offset 1977, Rare, B2 Size (c. 51.5 × 72.8 cm) Q20

“The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”, Original Japanese Re-Release Movie Poster 1973, B2 Horizontal (51.5 × 72.6 cm) P285

“Denjin Zaborger” (電人ザボーガー), Complete Set of 17 Original Hand-Painted Illustration / Production Boards (“Genga”), in the Original Inscribed Envelope, circa 1973–74

“Miss Air France” (ミス・エールフランス), Original Japanese Promotional Recruitment Poster (第6回 ミス・エールフランス 募集) Shōwa 41 (1966), B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) P156

"AKIRA UNO (AQUIRAX UNO) - Kaleidoscope / 宇野亞喜良＊万華鏡", Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition Poster, Original Offset 2022–23, B1 Size (72.8 x 103cm) HA23

"TADANORI YOKOO - EXPO ’70, TEXTILE PAVILION (日本万国博覧会せんい館), Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset c.1969–70, Ultra Rare, Oversize B1 Format (c.104 x 77 cm)

"TADANORI YOKOO - FLUSH CONCERT 2 (西武劇場) / Flush Concert 2 (Seibu Theater)", Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset 1974, Ultra Rare, B1 Size (c. 73 x 103 cm)

"TADANORI YOKOO - THE 65th NIPPON DERBY", Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Release 1998, B1 Size (71 x 103cm) HA19

“Getting Wild with Our Monkey” (ケモノの戯れ 俺らの猿と), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 2001, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) P110

“Marlene Dietrich 1930–1935” (Marlene), Original Japanese Movie Poster 2000, Eiko Ishioka / Irene Wing Yap Design, Rare, B1 Size (c. 72.8 × 103 cm) HA20

“Nanami: The Inferno of First Love” (初恋・地獄篇), Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1968, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA224

“Meiko Kaji” (梶芽衣子) Gallery ELLE original issue Japanese promotional portrait poster, 1974 — (approx. 91.5 × 62 cm) HA10

“Meiko Kaji” (梶芽衣子) Gallery ELLE original issue Japanese promotional portrait poster, 1974 — (approx. 87 × 62 cm) HA11

“Braindead” (ブレインデッド), Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1992, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) H143

“Lotta Leaves Home” (ロッタちゃん はじめてのおつかい), Original Japanese Movie Poster 2000, Rare, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA1039

"Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo - The Rising Sun and the Olympic Emblem" Original Release Japanese Promotional Poster 1961, Size (55 x 102cm)

“Aido: Slave of Love” (愛奴), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1969, Very Rare, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) P10

“Kirin Beer – ‘Rubin Riki’ Woman Holding a Glass” – Original Pre‑War Japanese Advertising Poster, 1931 (Shōwa 6), Designed by Hokuu Tada (多田北烏), Ultra Rare, Museum‑Grade HB‑Process Colour Print (c. 91.6 × 61.0 cm)

Vodafone × J-PHONE “Welcome to the World’s Largest Mobile Community” David Beckham Manchester United Promotional Poster, Original Japanese B1 Poster 2002, B1 Size (72.8 × 103cm) IA16

“Near Equal Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me” / 「≒草間彌生わたし大好き」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 2008, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q256

Uno Aquirax (宇野亜喜良) Offset Poster – Pink Floyd "The Dark Side of the Moon" LP Record Promotional Poster, 1973, B1 Size (c.102.8 × 72.9 cm)

“Bengal Tiger: White Bone Highway Demon Legend” (ベンガルの虎白骨街道魔伝), Official Japanese Curio / Seibu Exhibition Poster 1988, B1 Size (73 × 103 cm) IA22

“KIYOSHI AWAZU – 女たち九女八一座の人々 / SHIBUYA TŌYOKO THEATRE / BUNGAKUZA,” Japanese Theatre Poster, Original Offset 1977, Rare, B2 Size (c. 51.5 × 72.8 cm) Q20

“Miss Air France” (ミス・エールフランス), Original Japanese Promotional Recruitment Poster (第6回ミス・エールフランス募集) Shōwa 41 (1966), B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) P156

“Getting Wild with Our Monkey” (ケモノの戯れ俺らの猿と), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 2001, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) P110

“Lotta Leaves Home” (ロッタちゃんはじめてのおつかい), Original Japanese Movie Poster 2000, Rare, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA1039