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

"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

“TADANORI YOKOO – Issey Miyake”, Japanese Contemporary Art / Fashion Poster, Original Offset 1976, Ultra Rare, B1 Size (c.73 × 103 cm)

"TADANORI YOKOO – Nishiwaki: Sight of the Memory" (横尾忠則 西脇・記憶の光景展), Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset 2000, B2 Size (c.51 × 73 cm)

"TADANORI YOKOO – Issey Miyake", Japanese Contemporary Art / Fashion Poster, Original Offset 1995, Ultra Rare, B1 Size (c.73 × 103 cm)

"TADANORI YOKOO - Tokyo Metropolitan Public Bath Association", Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset 2003, Ultra Rare, B1 Size (c.73 x 103cm) GA23

“KIYOSHI AWAZU – 第1回東京展 参加出品受付 / TOKYO ART FESTIVAL 1975,” Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset 1975, Ultra Rare, B2 Size (c. 51.8 × 72.6 cm) O556

“Kirin Beer – Woman in a Dress Holding a Glass (キリンビールポスター『グラスを持つドレスの女性』)” – Original Pre‑War Japanese Advertising Poster, 1924 (Taishō 13), Ultra Rare, Museum‑Grade HB‑Process Lithograph (c. 92 × 62 cm)

“La fuente”, Japanese B2 Poster for 7 Days in Havana Segment, 2012, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O551

“The Perennial Weed” (昭和枯れすすき), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1975, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA124

“On the Comet” (彗星に乗って), Original Japanese Movie Poster 1987, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA293

“TADANORI YOKOO – EARTH, WIND AND FIRE 1976”, Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset 1976, Ultra‑Rare, B1 Size (c. 73 × 101 cm) AA12

“Children Hand in Hand” (手をつなぐ子ら), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1963, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) ZA400

“The Beatles” — Tadanori Yokoo (横尾忠則), Original Japanese Advertising Poster 1983 (Asahi Mutual Life “Love Campaign”), B2 Size (51 × 73 cm), O479

"Asahi “Gold” (アサヒ ゴールド)", Original Ultra Rare Japanese Advertising Poster c.1958–1962, B2 Size (c.51 × 73 cm) O473 (G)

KIYOSHI AWAZU – 無法松の一生 富島松五郎傳 (Muhōmatsu no Isshō / The Life of Lawless Matsu: The Story of Tomishima Matsugorō) – Bungakuza ZA36

“TADANORI YOKOO — JASRAC (Ring Ring Bells)”, Original Limited‑Edition Japanese Silkscreen 1988, Ultra Rare, B1 Size (c. 73 × 103 cm)

"Nanami: The Inferno of First Love", Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1968, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O390

“Message from Tokyo” — Kazumasa Nagai (永井一正), Original Japanese A1 offset poster, 1986 — Size: c. 59.4 × 84.1 cm GA14

“Message from Tokyo” — Tadanori Yokoo (横尾忠則), Original Japanese A1 offset poster, 1986 — Size: c. 59.4 × 84.1 cm

Tower Records × Yoshitomo Nara — “NO MUSIC, NO LIFE?”, Original Japanese Promotional Poster 2012, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O348

"Nanami: The Inferno of First Love", Original Japanese First-Release Movie Poster 1968, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O332

Tower Records × Yoshitomo Nara — “NO MUSIC, NO LIFE?”, Original Japanese Promotional Poster 2012, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O330

Katsuyuki Shinohara (篠原勝之 / Katsuyuki Shinohara) - Jōkyō Gekijō (Situation Theatre) — Kara‑ban Kaze no Matasaburō 「唐十郎版 風の又三郎」 (“Matasaburō of the Wind”), Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset Screen 1974, Ultra Rare, Size (c.78 x 108cm)

"MAKOTO SAITO — AIDS / HUMAN RIGHTS", Original Japanese Contemporary Art Poster 1993, B1 Size (c.71 × 103 cm) AA23

"IKKO TANAKA — JAPAN PRINT ’91: COMMUNICATION & PRINT", Original Japanese Contemporary Art Poster 1991, B3 Size (c.36 × 51 cm) O297

"Art Now: Kiyoshi Awazu", Original Japanese Contemporary Art Poster 1971, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) H38

"Art Now: Tadanori Yokoo", Original Japanese Contemporary Art Poster 1975, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O287

"Art Now: Aquirax Uno", Original Japanese Contemporary Art Poster 1975, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) B247

"Saori Yamanaka (山中 里織) - Karagumi (Kara‑gumi) — Jagā no Me 「ジャガーの眼」 / Denshi‑jō 「電子城 — 背中だけの騎士 —」, Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset Screen 1989, Ultra Rare, Size (c.73x 103cm)

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)

"TADANORI YOKOO – Nishiwaki: Sight of the Memory" (横尾忠則西脇・記憶の光景展), Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset 2000, B2 Size (c.51 × 73 cm)

“KIYOSHI AWAZU – 第1回東京展参加出品受付 / TOKYO ART FESTIVAL 1975,” Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset 1975, Ultra Rare, B2 Size (c. 51.8 × 72.6 cm) O556

"Asahi “Gold” (アサヒゴールド)", Original Ultra Rare Japanese Advertising Poster c.1958–1962, B2 Size (c.51 × 73 cm) O473 (G)

KIYOSHI AWAZU – 無法松の一生富島松五郎傳 (Muhōmatsu no Isshō / The Life of Lawless Matsu: The Story of Tomishima Matsugorō) – Bungakuza ZA36

Katsuyuki Shinohara (篠原勝之 / Katsuyuki Shinohara) - Jōkyō Gekijō (Situation Theatre) — Kara‑ban Kaze no Matasaburō 「唐十郎版風の又三郎」 (“Matasaburō of the Wind”), Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset Screen 1974, Ultra Rare, Size (c.78 x 108cm)

"Saori Yamanaka (山中里織) - Karagumi (Kara‑gumi) — Jagā no Me 「ジャガーの眼」 / Denshi‑jō 「電子城 — 背中だけの騎士 —」, Japanese Contemporary Art Poster, Original Offset Screen 1989, Ultra Rare, Size (c.73x 103cm)