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1 Postwar Avant-garde Art Architecture of Tange Kenzô and Isozaki Arata

2 Okamoto Taro 1911-1996 Mori no okite (Law of the Jungle) 1950 1911-1996 Okamoto Taro Kinenkan Oil On Canvas 181.5 × 259.5 cm.

3 Okamoto Taro, Tower of the Sun (Osaka Expo, 1970) Source

4 Tange Kenzô Tange Kenzô Olympic Stadium 1964 c. Hugh Lester, Tulane University of Louisiana

5 Tange Japanese government buildings 1955-58 Kagawa Prefectural Offices

6 Tange’s Tokyo Plan, 1960 Visions of “Neo-Tokyo?”

7 Tange Tsukiji plan, 1960-64 unrealized

8 Tange Kenzô Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices (Shinjuku 1991) “ The exterior adopts the silhouette of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, and the circular plaza connecting separate properties is reminiscent of Italian cities. This is unquestionably the summit of Japanese post- modernism. ” Tokyo Architecture Guide MagazineTokyo Architecture Guide Magazine

9 Isozaki Arata Future Tokyo plans-- Neo-Tokyo? Igarashi Taro photo archives of Isozaki archives

10 Morita Shiryû Photo: Japan Art Galarie Frankfurt

11 Isamu Noguchi with Shirley Yamaguchi, early 1950s

12 Noguchi and Tange’s Peace Park Source: Isamu Noguchi Garden MuseumIsamu Noguchi Garden Museum

13 Yanagi Yukinori The World Flag Ant Farm 1990. Ant, colored sand, plastic box, plastic tube, plastic pipe and video documentation on LCD monitor, each plastic box 24X30 cm (total 170). Collection: Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Japan. Photo: Norihiro Ueno


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