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Kyō no chokin wa ashita no kōfuku (Hand and a coin)
12021-05-12T16:07:54-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eImages Used in this ExhibitCurtis Fletcher2plain2021-05-17T11:59:07-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e
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12020-04-29T14:48:58-07:00Kyō no chokin wa ashita no kōfuku, Teishin-shō [Today’s saving is tomorrow’s happiness, Ministry of Communications]8plain2020-11-17T15:26:05-08:00In this poster for the Postal Savings Bank, Sugiura Hisui employs a minimalist and modernist approach to poster design. The only elements present here include a hand, a coin, an abstract background, and a slogan. The Japanese text reads “Saving for Tomorrow’s Happiness.” The message in this work applies to every person: the young, the middle-aged, and the old. Trained in both yōga (Western- and nihonga (Japanese) painting styles, Hisui builds upon the tradition of Japanese iconography while applying early 20th-century Western design elements. By the late Edo period (1600–1868), the rising sun came to symbolize fortune, prosperity, and tradition. (Corey Gordon)
