Junichiro Sekino was a Japanese artist very versatile who was always exploring new techniques and subjects. He created a series on rooftops, representing them in unusual and very elaborate compositions, painting a true testimony of traditional Japanese architecture.
Modern japanese aesthetics, the moga era
Following the Kanto earthquake, the reconstruction of japanese cities was accompanied by a new modern model of independant woman, the moga. The Japanese women of the city, found in Western fashion the affirmation of their independence. The newly rebuilt Tokyo will know many avant-garde cultural movements, affirming its modernity. The exposure to a new aesthetics, to a diversification of arts, to another music (jazz) encouraged the emancipation of the woman in the traditional Japanese society.
Japanese map of Pearl Harbor attack
Mitsuo Fuchida made the map of the battle report of the Pearl Harbor attack on the way back to Japan. With other pilots of the squadron, and military staff, he draw 60 ships and hand colored them in green, blue and yellow watercolors. The colors and other notes provide the type and size of the ships, and the level of damage.
Electric Pole series
Power lines are without a doubt an inseparable part of the Japanese urban landscape. This visual network inspired the Japanese painter Akira Yamaguchi for his series, Electric Pole.
Japan Map 1886
A very detailed map of Japan, published in Kyoto in 1886. This map presents an incredible amount of detail, illustrated tourist sites, and a lot of informations and charts.