Space Teriyaki 2

Visions of space and the future in Japan in the 70s and 80s.

What you are seeing here is a selection of scans from my (somewhat endless) stash of books and catalogs on Japanese illustration and design.

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Akira Shishido, postcard, early 80s

Hisashi Saito, 1980

Sumio Tsunoda, book jacket, early 80s

Tatsuo Ikeda, book jacket, early 80s

Shusei Nagoaka, Conceive, 1976 (if I'm reading that date right)

Shusei Nagoaka, Humanoid, movie poster

Peter (Pater) Sato, poster for an exhibition of original works, 1980

Peter Sato, calendar, 1980

Shuji Tanase, Black Space, 1984

Noriyoshi Orai, advertising poster, 1980

Ryoichi Hochisu, ca. 1985

Ryoichi Hochisu, ca. 1985

Nayoyuki Kato, book cover illustration, 1980

Nayoyuki Kato, cover illustration for SF festival booklet, 1980

Noboru Nonaka, book cover illustration, 1983

Takashi Koizumi, early 80s

Tetsu Uehara, 1979

Tadami Yamada, original poster

Tadami Yamada, book illustration, 1980

Komatsuzaki, Underground metropolis, ca. 1980

Masatoshi Saito, 1985

Natsuo Noma, exhibition poster, early 80s

Shiro Nishiguchi, magazine illus., 1983-84

Akira Terasawa, 1980. Washing up on the shores of California?

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