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Hayashi

Mitsuo Katsui

1981

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Contemporary

Dominant colour

Hayashi is a 1981 by Mitsuo Katsui, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Mitsuo Katsui
When & what style?: 1981
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This 1981 poster by Mitsuo Katsui is part of a set made for UCLA’s Asian Performing Arts Institute. Twelve artists designed them to promote a five-week festival of traditional Japanese theatre and music across the U.S. The series honored five classic forms, backed by a group of musicians called a hayashi. They normally perform live but here they helped celebrate Japanese arts far from home. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this and more.