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

“Nagano 1998 – Dreams of Children / Ski Jumping” (子どもの夢), Rare Original Japanese Official Olympic Poster 1995, B1 Size (c. 72.8 × 103 cm) HAK-A

“Nagano 1998 – Games from the Heart” (愛と参加の長野オリンピック), Rare Original Japanese Official Olympic Poster by Koji Kinutani, B1 Size (c. 73 × 103 cm), Gold Foil Olympic Rings HAK-A

“Nagano 1998 – Thrush on Ski Poles” (長野1998冬季オリンピック), Rare Original Japanese Olympic Promotional Poster 1994, B1 Size (c. 72 × 103 cm) HAK-A

“Nagano 1998 – Snowflower Emblem” (長野1998冬季オリンピック), Rare Original Japanese Olympic Emblem Promotional Poster 1993, B1 Size (c. 72 × 103 cm) HAK-A

“Nagano 1998 – Snowlets” (スノーレッツ), Rare Original Japanese Olympic Mascot Promotional Poster 1993, B1 Size (c. 72 × 103 cm) HAK-A

“Nagano 1998 – Figure Skating” (長野1998冬季オリンピック), Rare Original Japanese Olympic Promotional Poster 1993, B1 Size (c. 72 × 103 cm) HAK-A

"Sapporo 1972: XI Olympic Winter Games", Original Official Japanese Advertising Poster 1970, Yusaku Kamekura and Takayuki Ogawa, B1 Size (c. 72.8 × 103 cm)

"Un Amour de Sorcière / Witch Way Love" (ヴァネッサ・パラディの奥サマは魔女), Original Japanese Release Movie Poster 1999, Artwork by Hisashi Eguchi, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) R4

"TADANORI YOKOO - EARTH, WIND AND FIRE 1976", Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset 1976, Ultra Rare, Size (c.73 x 101cm) (Gallery)

"Midori: The Camellia Girl" (少女椿), Original Japanese Movie Poster 2016, TORICO / Suehiro Maruo, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) N260

"Antonio das Mortes" (アントニオ・ダス・モルテス), Original First Japanese Release Movie Poster 1970, Kiyoshi Awazu, Japan ATG, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) M216

“STREET FIGHTER” / 「ストリートファイター」 / 「快打旋風」, Ultra-Rare Original CAPCOM First-Release Arcade Promotional Poster 1987, “At the Birth of the Modern Fighting Game”, Holy Grail Rarity, B1 Size (c. 72.8 × 103 cm)

“Dogra Magra”, Original Japanese First Release Movie Poster 1988, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) M162

“Andy Warhol Exhibition 1983–1984”, Original Japanese Keiichi Tanaami Exhibition Poster 1983, B1 Size (73 × 103 cm) AA49

“Harakiri School Girls”, Original Japanese Makoto Aida Exhibition Poster 1999, B1 Size (73 × 103 cm) AA50

"TADANORI YOKOO × MARVEL – WE ARE MARVEL FAN CLUB EXHIBITION (Spider-Man / Spider-Girl)", Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Silk Screen 2003, Ultra Rare, Museum-Framed, B1 Poster Size (c.102.9 × 72.8cm)

“Red Sorghum” / 「紅いコーリャン」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1989, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) I372

“JR SKISKI – Watashi wo Ski ni Tsuretette”, Japanese Railway / Winter Travel Advertising Poster, Original Offset 2017, Rare, B1 Size (c. 73 × 103 cm) AA48

“JR SKISKI – Watashi wo Ski ni Tsuretette”, Japanese Railway / Winter Travel Advertising Poster, Original Offset 2017, Rare, B1 Size (c. 73 × 103 cm) AA45

“TADANORI YOKOO – I’m Here: Hiroshima / Nagasaki”, JAGDA Peace and Environment Poster Exhibition, Original Japanese Offset 1985, Rare, B1 Size (c. 73 × 103 cm) AA42

“DODES’KA-DEN / どですかでん” (1970) – ORIGINAL JAPANESE B1 THEATRICAL POSTER – ARTWORK BY AKIRA KUROSAWA Ultra‑Rare B1 Oversize | Original Japanese Release Campaign (1970) | Kurosawa‑Painted Artwork | c. 72.8 × 103 cm (28.7 × 40.6 in) | Very Good+ to Excellent

“Buddha’s Lock” / 「天菩薩」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1989, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) B281

“Kirin Beer – Quality First” / 「品質本位 キリンビール」, Original Japanese Commercial Advertising Poster c.1978–1979, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D259

“Sharaku” / 「写楽」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1995, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) A254

"TADANORI YOKOO - Cosmos Momoe 宇宙百恵", Original Japanese CBS/Sony “Not For Sale” Promotional Poster 1978, Design by Tadanori Yokoo, A1 Size (59.6 × 84.0 cm) ZA748

"TADANORI YOKOO - CAT STEVENS 1972", Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset 1972, Ultra Rare, Size (c.73 x 103cm)

“Nanami: The Inferno of First Love” (初恋・地獄篇), Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1968, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA1200

“Circus Boys” / 「二十世紀少年読本」, Original First Release Japanese Movie Poster 1989, B1 Size (71 × 103 cm) HA41

“Kappa” (河童), Original 1978 Japanese Silk Screen Theatre Poster for Situation Theatre / Jokyo Gekijo, Artwork by Shigeru Mizuki, Design by Katsuto Obe, Slightly Larger than B2 Size, approx. 54.4 × 78.9 cm

“SHŌJO KAMEN” & “ARE KARA NO JOHN SILVER” (1971) – ORIGINAL JAPANESE THEATRE POSTER – KUNIYOSHI KANEKO Ultra Rare Oversize | Japanese Angura Theatre | Kuniyoshi Kaneko Artwork | Situation Theater / 劇団状況劇場 | HA38 | 76.5 × 106 cm (30.1 × 41.7 in)

“Asahi Beer – Dancer in Purple Dress (アサヒビール踊り子)” – Original Pre‑War Japanese Advertising Poster, circa 1930 (Early Shōwa), Ultra Rare, Museum‑Grade HB‑Process Offset Lithographic Poster (c. 61 × 91 cm)

“Abnormal Sex: Girl Kidnapping” / 「異常SEX 少女誘惑」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1981, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) Q287

"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

“Kirin Beer – Quality First” / 「品質本位キリンビール」, Original Japanese Commercial Advertising Poster c.1978–1979, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D259

“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)