Some (more) inspiring Japanese design nuggets excavated from my ramshackle book collection.
Mitsuhiro Kushida, Oedipus at Hiroshima, 1967
Kiyoshi Awazu, The Dog God, 1969 poster
Akira Uno, La Marie Vison, 1969 poster
Akira Uno, 1962, book (right side of a spread)
Oikawa Masamichi, Out with the Books, Into the Streets, 1969 poster
related to the Tokyo Kid Brothers lp?
Illus. by Keiichi Tanami, 1966 book
Tsunehisa Kimura, 1966
Book cover, 1969
Book cover, 1967
7-inch ep cover, 1963
7-inch single cover, 60s
7-inch ep cover, mid-50s
A Yumeji graphic, date unknown
Ikko Tanaka, book cover, 1964
Gan (Iwao) Hosoya, 1960
Artist unknown, mid-30s, ‘The Sanitation of Cities Starts with a Sewage System’
Takei Takeo, Kodomo Ehon Bunko, 1928-29
Kurozumi Toyonosuke, mid-30s, travel poster
Living in Design cover, 1955
Living in Design cover, 1956
Graphic Design, first issue, design Tanaka Ikko, Geibi Publishing, 1959
Murayama Tomoyoshi, 1925, exhibit poster
Japanese book cover, 30s?
Japanese book cover
Japanese magazine cover
Yusaka Kamekura, Almanac ’56-’57
LP cover, 1964
Atarashii Zuan (New Design), 1953
Agatha Christie book cover, 1961
Yoshitaro Isaka, t-shirt design, 1968
Much thanks to Colin for translation help (I realize I should have asked him for even more help!).
Japanese design in previous posts:
—Give Us Back Man – Japanese Graphic Design
—Early 20th century Japanese magazine covers
—Early 20th century Japanese book covers
—Japan’s First Illustrated Book
—Mad Men and Friends
—Forty-five thousand dollar leftovers
—Yukihiko Tajima’s Gion Matsuri
—Eraserhead vs. Protractorhead
—Takeo Takei – Children’s Day in Japan, 1936
—The Wonders of Life on Earth – Yokoo details
