Hayakawa’s work is defined by its japanese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Flower Basket
Hayakawa Shôkosai III Japanese, 1864–1922
Flower Bud
Hayakawa Shōkosai V Japanese, born 1932
The Actor Hayakawa Hatsuse as a Flower Vendor
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50
Cup in the Form of a Feline Head
Moche North coast, Peru
Lobed Bowl
Seifu Yohei III Japanese, 1851-1914
America (Amerika)
Utagawa Hiroshige III Japanese, 1843-1894
Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Figure Fishing, Possibly Ai-Apec, with a Crab
A. D.'s Place, Glendora, Mississippi
Birney Imes, III American, born 1951
Woman III
Roy Lichtenstein American, 1923–1997
Portrait Vessel of a Ruler with Face Paint and Large Earflares
Stirrup Spout Vessel in the Form of a Anthropomorphic Owl
Rooster at Whispering Pines, Lowndes County, Mississippi
Potted adonis with writing implements
Hishikawa Sori III Japanese, active 1797–c. 1813
Portrait Vessel of a Man with a Cleft Lip and Tattoos
Ritual Vessel Depicting a Masked Deity with Serpents
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gordian III
Roman, minted in Rome
Big Joe's Funeral, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
Effigy Jar Depicting a Dwarf Carrying a Puma
Viewing Maple Trees
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786-1864
It Was Yellow and Pink III
Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986)