Space Teriyaki 3

(Find me at 50 Watts Books.)



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.


See the full series and also a feature on Hiroshi Manabe at A Journey Round My Skull



Naoki Yasuda, ca. 80s






Naoki Yasuda, ca. 80s






Naoki Yasuda, ca. 80s






Ryo Ohshita, ca. 1977






Jinsei Choh, ca. 80s






Yukimasa Okumura, poster for Hosono record






Ryoko Ishioka, window display








Nobuhiko Yoshida, ca. 1979








Shigeo Okamoto, calendar, ca. 1981








Shigeo Okamoto, calendar, ca. 1981








Kenkichi Sato, ca. 1979






Josuke Kubo






Shuji Tanase, 1983, black space







Tatsushi Morimoto, ca. 80s






Jinsei Choh, ca. 80s






Mitsuo Ishida, book illustration







Ichiro Tsuruta, ca. 1985







Masatoshi Toda, leasing company poster, 1986







Masatoshi Toda, leasing company poster, 1985







Takuro Kamiya, ca. 80s







Kazuaki Iwasaki, ca. 80s







Sadao Naito, late 70s






Noriyoshi Orai, late 70s






Shusei Nagaoka

via Pink Tentacle





1/18/2012 update: I knew I forgot something. This was originally going to be the top image:



Tadanori Yokoo magazine cover, 1970, via That's Eurobeat





And a more recent image via Pink Tentacle:


McDonalds Apocalypse



See the full series