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Painting
1980RP-F-2019-299-30-235
Poster
1915object-288399
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1907Seiei: A Design Book 精英
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1820Precepts for Women (Ehon Onna imagawa) 絵本女今川
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2025Poster of Kirin Beer by Hokuu Tada, 1925
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2026Teishin-shō Poster by Hisui Sugiura
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2009Yurei Otoko poster 2
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20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 15
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20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 06
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20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 12
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2009Hibari no komoriuta poster 2
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2019The poster for 1936 Japanese general election
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20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 18
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2018Poster of Ashikaga Hon-Meisen by Kitano Tsunetomi
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20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 04
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2018Poster of Sakura Beer 2 by Kitano Tsunetomi
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Piece from a Robe (Kosode) with Maple Leaves, Curtain, and Large Drum
Poster
1820Letter
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2015UNIQLO's new Kabuki range takes inspiration from Japanese theatre
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1971Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War — Japanese poster
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1736AK-MAK-477
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2016Poster saving for nation nippon 02
Publication
2014Publication: Granta's new Japanese-themed issue is a stunning collection of words and pictures
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20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 05
Project
2009Atelier Bow Wow
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Print
Poster
2009Janken musume poster 2
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20211930s Japan Travel Poster - Fuji
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20211930s Japan Travel Poster - 13 (cropped)
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2017Poster of Nippon Yūsen by Hashiguchi Goyō
Garment
1801Textielfragment
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2015Beer poster in Japan 2015-06-25
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1751Textielfragment
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2009Ringo-en no shojo poster 2
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1801AK-MAK-447
Project
2013Seriously beautiful - and plentiful - patterned Japanese manhole covers!
Project
2016Light-hearted and distinctive work by Japanese designer Toru Kase
Poster
1630Jinshan Island and West Lake
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20112011 Japanese power saving poster 03
Garment
Battle surcoat (jinbaori) with Mount Fuji and waves
Garment
1789AK-MAK-487
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1655AK-MAK-405
Poster
Kettle (Kama) with Willow and Cherry
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2009Karumen Kokyo-ni Kaeru poster 2
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20171930s Japan Travel Poster - 20 (cropped, with text)
Poster
2013Honda Advanced Design Studio
Print
1887A Mirror of Japan’s Nobility
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Page from Shi Zhu Zhai
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1834Shirasuka, Shio-mi Zaka
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1877Spring Scenery; Melody of a Musical Performance
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1895Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)
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1834Distant View of Miho Beach from Ejiri
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1765Young Women Playing Cat’s Cradle (Ayatori)
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1679Page from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting
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1904Print from the series Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs
Painting
2021Japanese maple art - 1930s Japan Travel Poster - 03 (cropped)
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1830Under the Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannenbashi shita), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
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Court Lady Looking at a Blooming Cherry-Tree
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1842Kambura Station
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1832Noboto at Shimōsa (Shimōsa Noboto), from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Sea (Chie no umi)
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1767Poem by the Monk Sosei (act. 850-97)
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1861Home of Foreign Merchants in Yokohama
![Piece [67671]](/api/local-img?p=canon%2Fmet%2Fpiece-met-67671.jpg)
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Piece [67671]
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1920Sea Beauties
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1708Kabuki Actor
Poster
2014Poster Olympische Sommerspiele Tokio 1940
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Picture of a Happy Family
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1857Full Moon at Kanazawa, Province of Musashi
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1840Takanawa Ni-ju-roku Ya
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Four Women Passing a Group of Trees
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1870Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682–1719)
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1848The Actor Arashi Rikaku II as Isogai Tōsuke, from the series Lives of Men who Carried Out Revenge for Loyalty or Filial Piety
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1766Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night
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1834Evening Bell at Miidera Temple, from the series Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei)
Motion
2013Photography: Here's a series of vintage stills from Japanese film noir
Ceramic
“Flame-Style” Deep Pot (Kaen doki)
Print
1838Moonlight View of Suihiro Bridge, Tempozan
Painting
1975affisch, poster (1975)
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1814Cock and dog
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1762The Second Segawa Kikunojo Commonly Known by His Literary Name, Roko
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1782Seeds and Aleurities Cordata (?): Page from The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting (Jieziyuan huazhuan)
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1790Kabuki Actors Arashi Ryūzō II and Segawa Kikunojō III
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1830South Wind, Clear Sky (Gaifū kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
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1766Daikoku Dōagé
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1838Kameyama
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Two Chinese Men
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1835Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Prayer for Rain Answered at Ryōzengasaki in Kamakura
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Ebisu and Daikoku; Two of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune
Painting
Man met peuter op de rug, Osaka
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1895Arrival of the Emperor at Tokyo after the Victory (Russo-Japanese War)
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Nobleman and Warrior
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1806Courtesans Imitating a Court Procession
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A Samurai who Hides His Features with His Hat
Garment
1801AK-MAK-454
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1748Textielfragment
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 07
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1848AK-MAK-479
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2021Japan travel poster
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2008Uwasa no onna poster 2
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2017Japanese Rio 2016 Olympic Paralympic Medalists Parade (32983171881)
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2021Tree and village - 1930s Japan Travel Poster - 09 (cropped)
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2006Chochinmoji sample
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20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 13
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2023Art from 1930s Japan Travel Poster - 11 (cropped)
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1741Textielfragment
Poster
Saucer
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175126
Poster
Nigatsudō Burned Sutra
Project
2014Weird and wonderful Japanese graphic design from Tadashi Ueda
Identity
2015Naonori Yago designs a sophisticated identity for a Japanese department store
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177267
Identity
2014Logo jo-in
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2020Gilbert Color Bold - Katakana, Japanese characters
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20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 11
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2017Tokyo 2020 olympics
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168137
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2026Tokyo Subway 1927 poster
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2018The Art of Shinkansen animated gif series celebrates the Japanese bullet train
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20211930s Japan Travel Poster - 07 (cropped)
Identity
2022Hataraku Maou-Sama!! logo
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176459
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1751AK-MAK-461
Poster
The Tale of Sumiyoshi
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177247
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15967
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164815
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15736
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1789AK-MAK-456
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1741AK-MAK-490
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178195
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1336AK-MAK-400
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175193
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176490
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167313
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166111
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15705
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167321
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171640
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1658AK-MAK-409
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3
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20171930s Japan Travel Poster - 20 (cropped)
Identity
2023Kyoto University logo, 5
Poster
20211930s Japan Travel Poster - 05 (cropped)
Identity
2025Logo of Komeito
Print
1709Ikushima Shingoro as a Bushi (Samurai) and Ogino Yaegiri as a Woman with A girl Attendant
Print
1840Oiso, Odawara, Hakone, Mishima, Numazu
Poster
2008Sugata Sanshiro poster
Identity
2022Toaru Kagaku no Railgun logo
Identity
2016Nippon TV logo 2014
Poster
2024Vocabulary for Yamagiwa, The Modern Japanese Written Language
Poster
2009Samurai II Duel at Ichijoji Temple poster 2
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2008Gojira 1954 poster 2
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2009Kenka Oshidori poster 2
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20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 02
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Black and White Print of Butterfly and Flower (a Pink)
Poster
2006Kagomoji sample
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2013Japan-Meteorological-Agency-01
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1767The Ninth Ichimura Uzaemon in the Title Role of the Drama Nagoya Sanza
Poster
2009Tokyo Kid poster 2
Identity
2022University of Tokyo logo, basic, horizontal (2004–2024)
Poster
2017SourceHanSerifJP
Print
1770Girl Accompanied by an Elder Attendant Walking by a Stream
Poster
2009Samurai II Duel at Ichijoji Temple poster 3
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 21
Identity
2018Logo Nolife (2009-2018)
Poster
20211930s Japan Travel Poster Kyoto 2
Identity
2023Jujutsu Kaisen (Japanese) logo
Poster
2023Art from 1930s Japan Travel Poster - Ontake Shosenkyo Valley (cropped)
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1820
Identity
2021Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S logo vertical
Identity
2025Mikimoto Pharmaceutical - logo black (Japan)
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 16
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2026Midosuji Line extension to Tennōji (1938)
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2008Tokyo 2016 Edo-Tokyo Museum
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2010Board of Tourist Industry poster, Japanese Government Railways cropped
Poster
20211930s Japan Travel Poster - Ontake Shosenkyo Valley
Identity
2022SEGA logo JPN
Identity
2023Logo Reiwa
Poster
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 20
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20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 08
Identity
2021Toaru Kagaku no Railgun logo vertical
Identity
2021Kotoden Logo S
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1870Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Richard Arkwright, (1732–1792)
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1781AK-MAK-434
Brand
2017Tokyo 2020 Mascot Candidates
Print
1798The Chōjiya Pleasure House by Day (Chōjiya hiru-mise)
Brand
2021Tokyo 2020’s Kinetic Pictograms
![34 国民防空図譜 (Kokumin Boku Zufu) [National Air Defense Maps]](https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/213/16007035.jpg)
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194434 国民防空図譜 (Kokumin Boku Zufu) [National Air Defense Maps]
Garment
Kyōgen Costume: Jacket (Suō) with Design of Lotuses
Print
1865First Day of Autumn (Risshu)
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1900Golden Pheasant in the Snow
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1816Cherry Blossoms and Court Hat
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1661Fragment textiel
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1861Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shōkan uriba no zu)
![Returning Sails at Nōgei [American couple riding over the Nōgei Bridge]](/api/local-img?p=canon%2Fmet%2Freturning-sails-at-nogei-american-couple-riding-over-the-nogei-bridge-met-73472.jpg)
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1861Returning Sails at Nōgei [American couple riding over the Nōgei Bridge]
![海國日本圖繪 紀元二千六百年紀念 / [Depiction of Maritime Japan, to Commemorate the 2600th Anniversary of the Imperial Family].](https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/205/15730000.jpg)
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1940海國日本圖繪 紀元二千六百年紀念 / [Depiction of Maritime Japan, to Commemorate the 2600th Anniversary of the Imperial Family].
Brand
2016Curated Japanese Trademarks
Brand
2015New Logo for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games by Kenjiro Sano
Project
2009Yokoland
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蝉しぐれの章⑦ クワガタの夏 - Takao Yaguchi
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1781Fragment textiel
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1854The Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asahina Tōbei, likened to Lu Zhishen the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshō Rochishin ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)
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186589
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Kimono with Pines and Mist
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1704AK-MAK-424
Brand
2016Tokyo 2020 Final Logo
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2021Japan Pictograms
Identity
2020Motoi Shito designs fresh and unexpected packaging for a Japanese confectionary company
Poster
1996affisch, poster
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2020Marie-Mam Sai Bellier’s approach to graphic and type design is steeped in history
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1939Japanese World War Two map
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2022The Glass is Half Epic
Brand
2019Tokyo 2020 Pictograms
Typeface
2020Kachi-Buwa is a variable Katakana typeface expressing Japanese onomatopoeic expressions
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2012Here's some super clean, crisp, colourful Japanese graphic design
Garment
1804Twee fragmenten textiel (1804)
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1781AK-MAK-441
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Ewer (Suichū) with Cherry Blossoms and Picnic Curtain
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1789Textielfragment
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2020Kiyoshi Awazu - Double Suicide at No Amijima
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2021