Hikawa Shrine
Tadanori Yokoo
Japanese, born 1936
1996
A silkscreen poster by Tadanori Yokoo that collages Shinto shrine motifs, kabuki-like theater imagery, and pop-surreal color to rework traditional Japanese iconography into a contemporary graphic spectacle.
A dazzling, almost hallucinatory view—neon gradients and a grinning sun frame a torii above swirling clouds while a rough-textured horse and a dramatic, sword-wielding figure command the center, surrounded by seals, calligraphy, and disparate Western and Japanese faces that give the image a layered, ritual‑meets‑advertising intensity.
Yokoo blurred commercial design and fine art, using modern silkscreen printing and psychedelic aesthetics to revive and reinterpret religious and popular imagery in postwar Japan, shaping the look of contemporary graphic culture.
Medium
Silkscreen
Dimensions
40 9/16 x 28 3/4" (103.1 x 72.8 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the designer
Accession
277.1998
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
