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YOSUKE KAMEKURA (1915-1997) TOKYO 1964 / OLYMPIC GAMES. Two posters. 1964. Each approximately 41x211/2 inches. Toppan and Dal Nippon Printing Cos. Condition varies, generally A-: minor creases and staining in margins. Paper. Kamekura can be credited with introducing the Western world to Japanese posters, which he achieved through designs published in Graphis magazine. When his series for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics were published, they resonated throughout the graphic design community. He designed four posters for the games. The first one, which became the logo of the games, is a strictly typographic exercise in which the Red Sun of the Japanese flag is harmoniously balanced atop the gold Olympic rings. For the other posters, he used photography in a modern, dynamic way depicting sprinters, a swimmer, and this image of an athlete running with the torch at twilight. Kamekura also designed the posters when the Winter Olympics returned to Japan in 1972. Kamekura 16 and 18.
