Takei Takeo, cover for issue of Kodomo no kuni (Children’s Land), 1926
also see: Takei Takeo Lab of Ornithology and Children’s Day in Japan, 1936
Kushida Mitsuhiro, poster for The Little Match Girl, 1967
Shotaro Honda, illus. for Kodomo no kuni, vol.II, no. 3, 1932
Shinohara Katsuyuki, poster design for Matasaburo of the Wind, 1974
Shinohara Katsuyuki, poster for Demon Fantasy, 1974
Yoshitaro Isaka, 1968
Tadanori Yokoo, Cover of a Japanese magazine, Collection of Stories, published by Nihon-Sha, 67-68
compliments of Sandi Vincent
7-inch packaging, ca. 60s
1935, poster for Exhibition of Tobacco Products, artist unknown
1920s ad, from “Commercial Design in Japan”
Compliments of Sandra Eterovic
Seiichi Horiuchi, children’s book cover, 1972
Nichiyu Toy Company Japan (55-56)
compliments of Sandi Vincent
That is clearly Pac-Man!
Susumu Eguchi Illustration, Poster for a children’s science exhibition in the Tobu department store, 69-70
compliments of Sandi Vincent
book spreads, artist unknown, ca. 1964
(please leave a comment if you know who this is)
1963 book cover
1963 book cover by Kohei Sugiura
1963, Japanese album cover
Two covers dedicated to the new blog of abstract album art, Project Thirty-Three
1962, Japanese album cover
Japanese book cover, ca. 20s or 30s
Yumeji book cover
Yasuo Shigehara Illustration, Poster for an American book published by Kodansha Ltd. (69-70)
compliments of Sandi Vincent
Can anyone identify the book?
Japanese, 1927 magazine cover
Back cover of an issue of Kodomo no tenchi magazine, 1934
Haruyo Kawashima, illus. for Kansatsu ehon kindabukku, vol. 6, no. 7, 1933 (detail)
Rokuro Taniuchi, illus. from Winds and Wildcat Places by Kenji Miyazawa
I somehow scored a copy of this English-language Roku book from 1967. See my Roku archive.
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Some Japanese design and illustration nuggets excavated from my ramshackle book collection. Thanks to Sandi and Sandra for help this time.
Previous posts:
—Oedipus at Hiroshima – Living Design in Japan
—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
—Takei Takeo Lab of Ornithology
—Takeo Takei – Children’s Day in Japan, 1936
—The Wonders of Life on Earth – Yokoo details
