Illustration in Japan 1946–95 spacetype ) These two-sided beauties by

) These two-sided beauties by Louise Fili show what can be done with taste and care

once a girlfriend said there was a turkey vulture on our roof

the silhouettes are replaced by colorful geometric shapes

a British bookseller

*This sentence was written in 1939

Illustration in Japan 1946–95 spacetype ) These two-sided beauties byIt can be said (and it is said in the intro to this book) that the concept of illustration began to be recognized in Japan during the last half of the 1950s. Ryuichi Yamashiro created a poster for Kunisada Chuji by using an enlargement of a womans face drawn by Kiyoshi Awazu which became a great sensation among young designers at that time. It was also around this time that a poster for Koshiji Fubukis recital was designed by Kohei Sugiura and Akira