Space Teriyaki 5

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 ever-growing collection of books and catalogs on Japanese illustration and design. I'm putting the series on hiatus to focus on a new one highlighting dream imagery from this time (of course, most of these could fall in that category too).

Sadao Sato, late 80s

(this image extends an inch beyond my scanner on all four sides)

Shusei Nagaoka, from Androla in Labyrinth, 1984

"Falling motion," illustration by Kazuho Itoh for "Newton," mid-80s

Kazuo Haba, early 70s

Sonoko Arai, early 70s

Kazumasa Nagai, poster

Masao Minami, early 70s

Kazuaki Iwasaki, mid-80s

Hiroshi Manabe, early 70s

Hiroshi Manabe, early 70s

Tadanori Yokoo, early 70s

Tadanori Yokoo, early 70s

Ikuo Niida, early 70s

Kozo Mio, early 70s

Yasuhiro Yomogida, early 70s

Yoji Kuri, early 70s

Yoji Kuri, early 70s

Shusei Nagaoka, from Androla in Labyrinth, 1984

Shusei Nagaoka, from Androla in Labyrinth, 1984

Kazumasa Nagai, poster

Kazumasa Nagai, poster

credit to come

Natsuo Noma, late 80s

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