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

“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

“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

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

“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

Junichi Nakahara - "Sumikomi no Onna" (The Live-in Woman / 住み込みの女), Japanese Avant-Garde Theatre Poster, Original Offset 1983, Ultra Rare, Size (c.79 x 109.5cm)

"Olympic Games Tokyo 1964 – National Stadium, Domestic Torch Relay Route & Competition Schedule (文部省)" Original Release Japanese Government Promotional Poster 1964 (Shōwa 39), Size (B1: 72.8 × 103.0 cm) GA13

"Tokyo International Sports Week ’63 (東京国際スポーツ大会) – Pre‑Olympic Games" Original Release Japanese Promotional Poster 1963, Size (B1; approx. 73 x 103cm) GA22

“TADANORI YOKOO – 美麗秀逸（はいづか印刷）”, Japanese Contemporary Art / Psychedelic Poster, Original Offset Lithograph 1975, Hand Signed, Ultra Rare, A1 Size (59.4 × 84.1 cm)

"TADANORI YOKOO - Yokoo Tadanori Print Exhibition (横尾忠則版画展) “DROOL (よだれ)” Poster", Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset 2009, Rare, B2 Size (c.51 × 73 cm) O713

“Barber’s Sorrow” (理髪店主のかなしみ), Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 2002, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA833

“GREEN PARCO” (グリーンバザール), Original Vintage Japanese PARCO Department Store Event Poster (Seiichi Hayashi / 林静一), 1973, B3 Size (36 × 51 cm) ZA830

SHINSUI ITŌ (伊東深水, 1898–1972) JAPAN — AUTUMN IN NIKKŌ (日光の秋 / Nikko no Aki) Japan Travel Bureau (JTB), 1952, approx. 109 × 72.5 cm

“KIYOSHI AWAZU – 冬の花 / FUYU NO HANA（ヒロシマのこころ / Hiroshima no Kokoro）,” Japanese Theatre Poster for Bungakuza, Original Offset c. 1970s, Ultra Rare, B2 Size (c. 51.5 × 72.8 cm) ZA703

"Dodes'ka-den", Original Release Japanese B1 Poster 1970, B1 Poster Size (c.72.8 cm × 103 cm)

"Village of 8 Gravestones", Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1977, Artwork by Saikan (Masakane) Yonekura, B1 Size Size (c.73 x 103cm) FA22

"TADANORI YOKOO - Yokoo Tadanori Print Exhibition (横尾忠則版画展) “Exhibition 38 Prints of Tadanori Yokoo” Poster", Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset 1993, Rare, B2 Size (c.51 × 73 cm) O617

“TADANORI YOKOO – Greeting”, Japanese Contemporary Art / Psychedelic Poster, Original Offset Lithograph 1972, Hand Signed, Ultra Rare, B1 Size (c.73 × 103 cm) EA5

"Barber’s Sorrow" (理髪店主のかなしみ), Original Japanese B2 Movie Poster 2002, B2 Size (51 × 73cm) ZA680

Uno Aquirax (宇野亜喜良) Silk‑Screen Poster – Slaves of Passion (愛奴), Mika Ito Bizarre Ballet Group 2nd Performance, 1968, B1 Size (c.72 × 103 cm)

“MITSUHIRO KUSHIDA – ATASHI NO BEATLES / A HARD DAY’S NIGHT”, Japanese Theatre Poster, Original B1 Silk Screen 1967, Ultra Rare, Size (c.73 x 103cm)

"TADANORI YOKOO - Koshimaki-Osen (Osen in Petticoats)", Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Silk Screen 1966, Ultra Rare, Size (c.102.2 x 72.5cm)

“Downtown 81” (ダウンタウン81), Original Japanese B2 Movie Poster 2001, Rare, B2 Size (c. 51 × 73 cm) O576

“KATSUMI ASABA – Communication & Print: What’s The Leaf For?”, Japanese Contemporary Design Poster, Original Offset 1991, B1 Size (c.73 × 103 cm) AA22

“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

Uno Aquirax (宇野亜喜良) Silk‑Screen Poster – Slaves of Passion (愛奴), Mika Ito Bizarre Ballet Group 2nd Performance, 1968, B1 Size (c.72 × 103 cm)