Yayoi Kusama
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Yayoi Kusama was a Japanese contemporary artist who worked primarily in sculpture and installation. She was also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. H
A wax figure of Kusama in 2015
Kusama c. 2004
Narcissus Garden (2009), Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil
The Spirits of the Pumpkins Descended into the Heavens (2017), National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Nihonga
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Nihonga is a Japanese style of painting that typically uses mineral pigments, and occasionally ink, together with other organic pigments on silk or paper. The term was coined during the Meiji period t
Yayoi Kusama
…and Claes Oldenburg. Kusama was raised in Matsumoto, and trained at the Kyoto City University of Arts for a year in a Japanese painting style called nihonga. She was inspired by American abstract impressionism. She moved to New York City in 1958 and was a part of the New York avant-garde scene throughout…
Enbu (炎舞, Dancing in the Flames) by Gyoshū Hayami, 1925, Important Cultural Property. Yamatane Museum.
Kuroki Neko (黒き猫, Black Cat) by Hishida Shunsō, 1910, Important Cultural Property. Eisei Bunko Museum.
Left panel of the Ryūkozu (竜虎図, Dragon and tiger) by Hashimoto Gahō, 1895. Important Cultural Property. Seikadō Bunko Art Museum.
Right panel of the Ryūkozu (竜虎図, Dragon and tiger) by Hashimoto Gahō, 1895. Important Cultural Property. Seikadō Bunko Art Museum.