Space Teriyaki 5

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 ever-growing collection of books and catalogs on Japanese illustration and design. I'm putting the series on hiatus to focus on a new one highlighting dream imagery from this time (of course, most of these could fall in that category too). Sadao Sato, late 80s (this image extends an inch beyond my scanner on all four sides) Shusei Nagaoka, from Androla in Labyrinth, 1984 "Falling motion," illustration by Kazuho Itoh for "Newton," mid-80s Kazuo Haba, early 70s Sonoko Arai, early 70s Kazumasa Nagai, poster Masao Minami, early 70s Kazuaki Iwasaki, mid-80s Hiroshi Manabe, early 70s Hiroshi Manabe, early 70s Tadanori Yokoo, early 70s Tadanori Yokoo, early 70s Ikuo Niida, early 70s Kozo Mio, early 70s Yasuhiro Yomogida, early 70s Yoji Kuri, early 70s Yoji Kuri, early 70s Shusei Nagaoka, from Androla in Labyrinth, 1984 Shusei Nagaoka, from Androla in Labyrinth, 1984 Kazumasa Nagai, poster Kazumasa Nagai, poster credit to come Natsuo Noma, late 80s See the full series