Signed edition. Takashi Murakami: Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture is a major exhibition catalogue edited by Takashi Murakami and published by Yale University Press with Japan Society in 2005. Created for Murakami’s influential Little Boy exhibition in New York, the book examines Japan’s postwar visual culture through contemporary art, anime, manga, toys, fashion, video games, music, and otaku subculture. 

Inside, the book brings together richly illustrated material by key artists, designers, and cultural figures, placing Japan’s “exploding” subcultures in dialogue with the historical aftershock of World War II and the atomic bomb. As the final part of Murakami’s Superflat trilogy, Little Boy is an essential collector’s book for fans of Takashi Murakami, Kaikai Kiki, Japanese contemporary art, anime culture, and the visual language that shaped Superflat.

Author: Takashi Murakami

Format: Hardcover

Language: English, Japanese

Pages: 298 pages

Size: 23.5 × 28.6 cm / 9.25 × 11.25 in

Published: 2005

ISBN: 9780300102857

Publisher: Japan Society / Yale University Press