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2013Seriously beautiful - and plentiful - patterned Japanese manhole covers!
2013
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2009James Gilpin (In Tokyo)
2009
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2009Lost In A Moment - Tokyo
2009
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2016Light-hearted and distinctive work by Japanese designer Toru Kase
2016
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2012Data becomes alchemy in Japanese maestro Ryoji Ikeda's jaw-dropping new Berlin installation
2012
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2016The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
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2018Catching up with Charlotte Trounce while on a residency in Japan
2018
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2013Danny Sangra's awesome illustrated interviews for new Tokyo show are a thrill
2013
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2012Here's some super clean, crisp, colourful Japanese graphic design
2012
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2012Check out the mid-century stylings of Japanese illustrator Satoshi Hashimoto
2012
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2010WIN: Tokyo Bike
2010
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2013A Week On Monday: Lawrence Zeegen on 80s pop and Japanese junk
2013
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2014Miscellaneous: Behind the scenes of the 1956 Japanese Godzilla
2014
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2018Shun Ishizuka's designs combine Western design influences for a Japanese context
2018
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2018Ailsa Johnson’s illustrations draw on the everyday magic of Japanese culture
2018
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2013Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
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2015Japanese studio who sent a bonsai to space's Encyclopaedia of Flowers
2015
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2013Art: Henrique Oliveira's installation is taking over the Palais de Tokyo
2013
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2012Japanese studio Nendo use the everyday as inspiration for their compact designs
2012
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2012Traditional Japanese woodblock carvings give Nintendo a newfound gravitas
2012
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2021The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
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1701War Hat
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1900Rubbing of the Churning of the Sea of Milk
1900
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1100Ear Clip
1100
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1050Ornament in the Shape of a Lotus Flower
1050
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1900Rubbing of Apsarases (Dancers)
1900
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1900Rubbing of the Churning of the Sea of Milk
1900
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1900Rubbing of Seated Monkeys
1900
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1134Knife with Handle in the form of a Lion Clutching Elephants
1134
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1900Rubbing of Monkeys
1900
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1200One from a Pair of Palanquin Rings
1200
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1100Small Bell
1100
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1900Rubbing of Surya, the Sun God
1900
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1900Rubbing of a Defiling Army
1900
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1700Ornament
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-500One of a Pair of Pellet Bangles with Textile Remnants
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1900Rubbing of a Scene from the Ramayana
1900
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1100Ear Clip
1100
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1900Scene from the Ramayana
1900
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1167Demons on an Elephant with Adorant
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1100Ear Clip
1100
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1150Fitting for a Chariot(?)
1150
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1167Demons on an Elephant with Nan Brah Dharani, the Earth Goddess, Wringing Water from Her Hair
1167
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1100Ear Clip
1100
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1167Demons on an Elephant with Adorant
1167
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1900Rubbing of an Apsaras (Dancer)
1900
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1900Rubbings of a Scene from the Ramayana
1900
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1100Libation Vessel in the Form of a Conch
1100
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1900Rubbing of Scene of Animals and Shepherds in the Forest
1900
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1900Rubbing of Seated Warriors
1900
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1900Rubbing of a Figure of Skanda, the God of War
1900
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1900Rubbing of a Scene from the Ramayana
1900
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1200One from a Pair of Palanquin Rings
1200
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1900Rubbing of Scene of Animals and Shepherds in the Forest
1900
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1100Small Bell
1100
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1900Rubbing of an Inscription of Bakong
1900
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1900Rubbing of a Defiling Army
1900
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1900Rubbing of Apsarases (Dancers)
1900
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1900Rubbing of a Scene from the Ramayana
1900
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1200Palanquin Hook and Ring
1200
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1900Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
1900
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1900Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)
1900
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1700Case (Inrō) with Design of Person with Umbrella and Lantern Approaching Shrine Gate (Torii)
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1790Raincoat
1790
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1700Piece
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1700Noh mask
1700
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1351Shoulder Defense (Sode)
1351
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1701Pair of Gauntlets
1701
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1730Half Mask (Ho-ate) with Neck Guard
1730
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1350Three Shoulder Defenses (Sodē)
1350
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1701Armor of Mail and Plate
1701
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1775Decorated "Shark" Skin (<i>Kazari-zame</i>)
1775
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1351Shoulder Defense (Sode)
1351
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1750Mask for the Lower Face (Hanho-Ate)
1750
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1801Armor (Gusoku)
1801
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1701Sword (Saif) with Scabbard
1701
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Rail Tracks map Kintetsu Ujiyamada Station
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1925Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
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1701Spear
1701
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1875Guenbri
1875
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1875Guenbri
1875
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1875Rebab
1875
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1875Gumuri
1875
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1850Nay
1850
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1501Sword with Scabbard
1501
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-900Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription
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1925Incense burner
1925
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900Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
900
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1400Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
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1400Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
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1000Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1000
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1100Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1100
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1600Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")
1600
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1200Candlestick with Horsemen and Arabic Inscriptions Conveying Good Wishes and Blessings Upon the Sultan
1200
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2014Vintage Caravelle Manual Wind Pendant-Pocket Watch By Bulova, Made In Japan, About 1-3-4 Inches In Diameter (14030529516)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Goldtone LED Watch, Made in Japan, Circa 1970s (9633565670)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Electronic LED Wrist Watch With Red Display, Case Made in Japan (11756202854)
2014
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2014Vintage Caravelle Manual-Wind Watch, Made in Japan (11735958495)
2014
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2014Vintage Woman's Silvertone LED Watch by Sharp, Made in Japan (8455582063)
2014
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2007Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch
2007
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2015Vintage Frontier E107 Red LED Watch, Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (16674148932)
2015
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2015Vintage Frontier E107 Red LED Watch, Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (16487746000)
2015
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2015Vintage Compu Chron Red LED Pendant Watch, Case Made In Japan, Approximately 2.75 Inches In Diameter, Circa 1970s (16958389092)
2015
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2018Vintage Austin Men's Electronic Digital Watch, Red LED Display, Original Band, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1977 (27556638290)
2018
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Red LED Wrist Watch, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (13036091113)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Women's Red LED Wrist Watch, Made in Japan (11521923005)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Women's Red LED Wrist Watch, Made in Japan (11522012386)
2014
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2014Vintage Man's Silvertone LED Wristwatch by Sharp, NOS, Made in Japan, Great Futuristic Styling (8456597442)
2014
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2015Vintage Citizen Men's New Master Wrist Watch, 21 Jewels, Made In Japan (15760892825)
2015
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2015Vintage Compu Chron Women's Red LED Wrist Watch, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (16058920784)
2015
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2015Vintage Caravelle Men's Watch By Bulova, Manual Wind, Made In Japan (15871776037)
2015
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch, Original Band, Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (23918003082)
2018
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2014Vintage ChronoSonic 100 Men's LED Goldtone Watch, "The Computer Watch", Circa 1970s, Case Made in Japan, Nice Octagonal Shape (8952372956)
2014
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Original Band, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (25556073151)
2018
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2015Vintage Compu Chron Red LED Pendant Watch, Case Made In Japan, Approximately 1.75 Inches In Diameter, Circa 1970s (16959722625)
2015
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2014Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch, Red LED Display, Original Band, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (25281055589)
2018
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch, Original Band, Japan, Circa 1970s (23943619151)
2018
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2014Vintage ChronoSonic 100 Red LED Watch, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (14513739315)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Men's Silvertone LED Watch, Made in Japan, Circa 1970s (8973291878)
2014
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2018Vintage Sanyo Women's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch, Red LED Display, Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (25021526784)
2018
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2018Vintage Sanyo Women's Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (25625829196)
2018
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2017Vintage Ricoh Men's Automatic Wrist Watch, 21 Jewels, Made In Japan, Circa 1980s (32112504766)
2017
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2014Vintage LeGant QS, Sold by Montgomery Ward, Automatic (Self-Winding) Wrist Watch, Made in Japan (11756267656)
2014
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Case Made In Japan, Module Dated January 1976 (32687791620)
2018
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2014Vintage Men's Silvertone Compu-Chron Digital LED Watch, Red Dial Face, Case Made in Japan, Circa 1970s (8597989987)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Red LED Wrist Watch, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (13036362224)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Goldtone LED Watch, Made in Japan, Circa 1970s (9633146458)
2014
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2014Vintage Compu Chron Silvertone Men's LED Watch, Case Made in Japan, Original Band, Circa 1970s (9629365745)
2014
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2015Vintage Austin Red LED Digital Watch, Original Band, Case Made In Japan, Dated 1976 On The Inside Of The Case (19027445555)
2015
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2014Vintage Phasar 2000 Men's Electronic LED Watch, Red Face, Sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co., Made in Japan, Circa 1970s (10598565373)
2014
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Case Made In Japan, Module Dated January 1976 (32254157573)
2018
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2018Vintage Compu Chron Men's Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Case Made In Japan, Module Date January 1976 (32913528342)
2018
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2014Vintage Phasar 2000 Men's Electronic LED Watch, Red Face, Sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co., Made in Japan, Circa 1970s (10598542723)
2014
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2013Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
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2015Vintage Compu Chron Women's Red LED Wrist Watch, Case Made In Japan, Circa 1970s (16493865970)
2015
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2018Volume presents a long-overdue monograph on Japanese type master Takenobu Igarashi
2018
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2016Dutch artist Tymen Visser paints life in Tokyo
2016
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2017Karifurav Caihua’s weirdly erotic Japanese-inspired illustrations
2017
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2015Vintage Austin Red LED Digital Watch, Original Band, Case Made In Japan, Dated 1976 On The Inside Of The Case (18841331379)
2015
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2021Celebrating the legacy of Kamekura Yusaku’s iconic Tokyo 1964 Olympics identity
2021
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2022Broken Japanese: Why even a “respectful” homage to a country’s culture can be problematic
2022
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
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2024The View From Tokyo: the fascinating origins, and triumphant resurgence, of Risograph in Japan
2024
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2020Illustrator Joshua Winston Scurville's inspirations vary from Japanese graphic design to jazz
2020
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2019Alice Tye's new exhibition presents the everyday details from a trip to Japan
2019
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2012Best of Japanese design scene in Berlin via the Tokyo Art Directors Club
2012
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2015Nuanced and deliciously strange illustration from Japanese artist Yu Fukugawa
2015
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2021Maciek Pożoga captures the human-like qualities of Japanese macaques
2021
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2021Art collective Excalibur on using pixel art to blend Japanese myths with reality
2021
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2015UNIQLO's new Kabuki range takes inspiration from Japanese theatre
2015
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
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2024The View From Tokyo: why Laforet Harajuku is an epicentre for the city’s alternative creative ideas
2024
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2015Japanese illustrator Nimura Daisuke is back with his charmingly naughty gifs
2015
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2018Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
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2011WassinkLundgren: Tokyo Tokyo
2011
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2017Varied, playful and slightly odd drawings from Japanese illustrator Summer House
2017
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2013Photography: Nissan offer photographers the chance to go to Tokyo
2013
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2013Japanese photographer Takeshi Suga turns his talents to snow-bound serenity
2013
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2019Illustrative painter Alice Tye on capturing the natural beauty of Japan
2019
![Text: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].](/api/thumb/400/bTpjYW5vbi9kYXZpZC1ydW1zZXkvdGV4dC13by1ydW1zZXkuanBn.webp)
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1933Text: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].
1933
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2021Jentwo’s sunny, characterful illustrations are inspired by Japanese City Pop and the friendly folk of Kamakura
2021
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2015Bizarre ad uses synchronised swimmers to advertise Japan’s hot springs
2015
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2012Posthumously introducing the undisputed king of Japanese Graphic design, Shigeo Fukuda
2012
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2012Design rising from destruction – new show focusses on post-tsunami Japanese revival
2012
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2025This exhibition showcases the universal language of Japanese pictograms
2025
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2017Animator and director James Curran’s amusing 30-day Gifathon project in Tokyo
2017
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2014Japanese illustrator Nimura Daisuke’s adorable and hilariously rude GIFs
2014
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2026Theo Cottle pays tribute to the slow dancing of Japan’s youngest samurais
2026
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2013HarrimanSteel overhaul Tokyo Fixed in transformation to Kinoko Custom Cycles
2013
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1728A chart of the East Indian Ocean from the islands of Maldivy to Cambodia.
1728
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2019A rural fishing village in Japan attempts to overcome its ageing population
2019
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193330. Рост числа детей в дошколь- ных учреждениях по СССР (1924-1932 rr.).(Growth in the number of children in preschool institutions in the USSR (1924-1932 rr.).)
1933
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2015Yakisoba noodles, cigarettes and Tokyo streets in Monika Mogi’s coming-of-age series
2015
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2022Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
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2017“A small Japanese photographer is on the same page of great photographers!”: Piczo joins WeFolk
2017
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2020Seb Agresti tells us about his residency in Japan and the importance of reinventing yourself
2020
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1939Position of the U.S.S.R. in the world and in Europe in reference to amount of industrial output in 1913 and 1937
1939
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2012Mogwai Japan: Knock for Knock
2012
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2017Ten contemporary Manga artists reshaping the eminent Japanese comic scene
2017
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
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2024Dinosaurs, UFOs and fairytale castles: A travel diary of Japan’s roadside love hotels
2024
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2012Jaw-dropping installation sees 100,000 LEDs float down Tokyo river
2012
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2012The intensely quiet, private moments of Japanese photographer, Go Itami
2012
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2019Koichi and Takeko: A tale of two grandparents and Japan through the 20th Century
2019
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2013The Graduates 2013: Luisa Whitton gets deep inside the Japanese robotics industry
2013
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2018Dairy drinks and cigarettes meet in Lucas Reis' illustrative evocations of Japan
2018
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2015Japanese artist Tatsuro Kiuchi is back with more beautifully finished illustrations
2015
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1953U.S.S.R. Europe.
1953
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2016Photographer Zaza Bertrand takes a look inside the Japanese love hotels
2016
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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2012Japanese duo Nerhol talk about their triumphant time-lapse cut-away portraits
2012
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2017Illustrator Kate Prior works out “how the hell you draw air” for Wired Japan
2017
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2012Meet Sari, the Tokyo tourist photobomber making her hobby into an artform
2012
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1953U.S.S.R. U.S.S.R. Western Asia.
1953