Ayano Tada

Ayano Tada's 'a little family with a little house'.

Takako Aoki I

Takako Aoki  often uses watermelon as her inspiration.

In the picture below she has been inspired by a whole fruit bowl.

Yusunari Nagashima

Above are some of the incredible fish portraits by Japanese artist Yusunari Nagashima for his exhibition, 'Days in a Tank'. Yusunari has loved fish since he was a little boy and this love has become an obsessive desire to capture their beauty.

Makoto Ueda I

 Some images from Makoto Ueda recent exhibition at Uresica Gallery, Tokyo.

Misako Morino III

Delicate piles of works by Misako Morino.

Misako Morino II

I am sharing further delicacies by Morino Misako today, I love this world laid out in the skirts of this dress.

Yoko Yamamoto III

I sought out further images by Yoko Yamamoto. In the image above, I especially admire the way Yoko has used the legs of the birds and animals as music notes.

Yoko Yamamoto II

Illustrations of music, that dance across the page, by Japanese illustrator Yoko Yamamoto whose work is often an incredible visualization of music. Yoko's work is quite dreamlike and rarely constrained by rules of composition, free flowing illustrations that you swim in. Her work reminds me of Marc Chagall's in it's compositional style and its sentiment.

Naoko Yamaji

This collaged Japanese illustration style always amazes and intrigues me it is very naive and wonderfully primitive and I love it. These illustrations are by Naoko Yamaji she often works with the theme of dance and had a solo exhibition 'Dance' in July this year, you can see more of her work here.
Thank you

Keiko Shibata II

The second of my posts featuring works by the talented Keiko Shibata who has illustrated children's books and produced posters newspaper editorials and magazine spreads.

Keiko Shibata I

Keiko Shibata's wonderful happy compositions today, to start the weekend well, with budgerigars in party hats and lots of wonderful colour.

Kentaro Minoura

So happy to have found some more fabulous Japanese artists this afternoon. These works are by Kentaro Minoura a Japanese illustrator based in Tokyo.

Komako Sakai I

Beautiful  illustrations by Japanese artist/ illustrator Komako Sakai. Komako Sakai's remind me with their realism and emotion of the work of Paula Modersohn-Becker. Komako worked as  a textile designer before becoming an award winning illustrator.

Junzo Terada III

Junzo Terada.

Junzo Terada II

Graphic designs featuring text by Junzo Terada.