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Inspired By: 1950s Japanese Perfume Ads That Feel Surprisingly Modern

Lately, I’ve been super inspired by vintage 1950s Japanese Shiseido perfume ads. The soft muted pastel colors feel surprisingly modern. Vintage Japanese Shiseido ad via TaylorSterlingLoves This post ...
W magazine

The Japanese Women Who Rewrote Photography’s Rules

Mao Ishikawa, from the series ‘Red Flower, The Women of Okinawa’ (1975–1977). Between 2010 and 2011, the photographer Komatsu Hiroko staged a monthly exhibition series in a rented retail space in ...
Indiatimes

In the 1950s, Japan imported American turtles as pets and released adults, which later spread through waterways and may have competed with native turtles

TOI World Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Aug 18, 2026, 14:50 IST ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Tokyo Festival Honors Japan’s Pioneering 1950s Female Filmmaker Kinuyo Tanaka

Appearing in 250 films and one of the biggest screen stars of her time, Tanaka took the bold step of forging a career as a director in 1950s Japan. By Gavin J Blair Tokyo International Film Festival ...
insider.si.edu

5 Yen, Japan, 1950

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Obverse Image: State title Nippon ...
e-flux

Between Collectivism and Individualism — Japanese Avant-garde in the 1950s and 1960s

The exhibition Between Collectivism and Individualism—Japanese Avant-garde in the 1950s and 1960s presents, for the first time in Poland, avant-garde Japanese art from two historical decades, a time ...