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December 26, 2015 7:36 AM

Kansuke Yamamoto was a Japanese Surrealist, known mainly for his Photography (large Gallery some NSFW). He was also a Poet.
Photographs from The Magician's newspaper (NSFW) Tumblir and Pinterest.
posted by adamvasco (3 comments total)

Thanks again and always for your great posts on artists!
posted by filthy light thief at 11:32 AM on December 26, 2015 [4 favorites]

I wasn't even aware of any surrealist Japanese artists until now. Thank you!
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 7:49 PM on December 26, 2015

Thanks for this-- a new one for me. I'm a big fan of the more formalist photographers so some of this was really a treat, along the lines of this sort of thing. Then again this thing stopped me in my tracks for a couple of minutes. The paintings and graphic design later in that set was kinda nifty, too. Yeah, other than the Gutai crowd, Japanese art mid-century is a big blank spot in my experience to fill in-- thanks.
posted by Capybara at 7:50 PM on December 27, 2015