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Hayakawa Yoshio
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Hayakawa Yoshio
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

Hayakawa Yoshio

Japanese, 1917 - 2009
Place ActiveTokyo, Japan
Place of BirthOsaka, Japan
Hayakawa Yoshio was a Japanese graphic designer known as one of Japan's most influential post-war poster designers. His work combined Western art with Tradtional Japanese art. Along with being a prolific designer, he was a lecturer at the University of Arts in Kyoto.