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ARTIST: TADANORI YOKOO (1936- ) SIZE: 28 1/8 x 40 1/4 in./71.5 x 102.2 cm DESCRIPTION: “Someone Yokoo greatly admired was Ken Takakura, the superstar of yakuza (gangster) movies, who took the world by storm during the so-called Showa Genroku—The Golden Period of Showa—a flourishing cultural style of the mid-1960s... This poster was completed before Yokoo became acquainted with Takakura, and it is a sort of fan letter. In the Japanese underworld, it was a custom to show loyalty to the gangster boss by cutting off a portion of one’s little finger; here, Yokoo symbolically severs his little digit to prove his admiration for Takakura. The poster advertises a book; the name of the author, Kenji Kanezaka, and his picture are in the coin at right; Yokoo’s name, picture and credit as illustrator appear in the coin at left. Going down the sides of the poster are phrases then in vogue in movies in which Takakura acted, such as ‘Tokyo’s Where It’s At’ (right) and ‘Not All Men Are Fit For Crime’ (left)” (Yokoo, p. 7). This is a silkscreen print. (Modern; Artist: Yokoo; Japanese; Literary)