Kiyoshi Saitō’s amazing art

I am sorry for an extremely picture heavy post, but I just fell madly in love with a for me new artist and I can’t get enough of his work right now! Kiyoshi Saitō, 1907–1997, was a Japanese print making artist, whose later work merged traditional Japanese motifs with more modern elements. I want an entire wall with his cat prints, can someone please give that to me? I shall ask for nothing more after that.

All pictures belong to Kiyoshi Saitō.

Morimura Ray’s amazing art

Japanese artist Morimura Ray is so amazing I don’t even know how to start describing what looking at his art does to me. It is quite possibly the most perfect paintings I have ever seen, and I have regrettably only seen them online on small computer screens. Thinking about seeing them in real life almost makes me shiver. No, I am not exaggerating. If it’s one art form, besides truly mastering calligraphy, I would like to learn from scratch and spend the rest of my life making, it’s Japanese woodblock prints. Just like these. I can only dream of it though, this kind of talent you have to be born with for sure. I take a deeper bow than I have done in a long time, Morimura Ray: you are one of the greatest.

All pictures belong to Morimura Ray.

Japanese vintage match boxes

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Via Pinterest I have just stumbled upon some amazingly beautiful vintage Japanese matchboxes, and I simply had to share them here too. I wish they were available as prints, they are so stunning.

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