Give Us Back Man - Japanese Graphic Design

Ryuichi Yamashiro, ad for Morisawa Co., early 80s



Hikita Kaburo, cover for Koga magazine, 1932



Artist unknown, c. 1929-30, ad for a multiple feature including the 1929 release of Dry Martini



Ryohei Kojima, ad for Yokohama City, 80s



Ryohei Kojima, ad for Yokohama City, 80s



Ryohei Kojima, ad for Yokohama City, 80s



Ryohei Kojima, ad for Yokohama City, 80s



Kiyoshi Awazu, poster for fashion tenant building, 1973



Yoshitaro Isaka, 1966, ad



Ikki Shimoda (illus), Chihiro Ishida (designer), ad for Fashion News, 80s



Tsunehisa Kimura, 1968



Seitaro Kuroda (illus), Takashi Nomura (designer), ad for Tokyo Copywriters Club, early 80s



Toru Kogure (photographer), Takashi Tanabe (designer), 'New Face' editorial for Fashion News, early 80s



Akiteru Nakajima, ad for The Japan Foundation, early 80s



Shin Matsunaga, ad for 'Inter Design' conference, early 80s



Yasuhiko Kida (illus), Katsuhiro Kinoshita (designer), calendar for Morisawa Printing Co., 80s



Katsuichi Ito, ad for Fuji Xerox, early 80s



Katsuichi Ito, ad for Fuji Xerox, early 80s



Seitaro Kuroda (illus), Masayuki Takahashi (designer), poster for Nikkatsu Corp, 80s



Taro Yoshida, ad for Technica, early 80s



Tsunehisa Kimura, 1968, commercial and industrial photography ("Give Us Back Man")


Some inspiring Japanese design nuggets excavated from my ramshackle book collection.

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