The World · 02

Japan

Tradition, technology, spirituality and popular culture collide—from the floating world to Gutai and contemporary spectacle.

01Hiroshi SugimotoPhotography as a machine for thinking about time.02Katsushika HokusaiThe world is never still.03Kazuo ShiragaPainting becomes a test of the body.04Mariko MoriThe future as ritual.05Takashi MurakamiFine art meets manga, luxury and the factory.06Utagawa HiroshigeWeather turns travel into feeling.07Yayoi KusamaInfinity, obsession and the self.08Yoshitomo NaraChildhood becomes rebellion.