Yayoi

Speaking of which, there must be some weird trend with the name Yayoi and deceitful managers that I'm not aware of.

Anime Nano! 2009

In his view, the rice god Ninigi was a Tenson seafarer from Korea who introduced intensive rice cultivation and imported an advanced culture, called Yayoi, which displaced Japan's more primitive Jomon tribes.

The Ties That Bind 2008

Remembering that the Well-Person called herself "Yayoi," Matsumura felt almost sure that his ghostly visitant had been none other than the Soul of the Mirror.

The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Yayoi Kusama 'Late-night Chat is Filled with Dreams,' 2009.

Yayoi Kusama at the Tate Modern 2012

Yayoi Kusama 'All about my Love, and I Long to Eat a Dream of the Night,' 2009.

Yayoi Kusama at the Tate Modern 2012

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's 1968 "Alice in Wonderland" happening, in which she painted polka dots on nude performers as they cavorted around the "Alice" sculpture in New York's Central Park, is documented as well.

A Show Full of Artists in Wonderland Rachel Wolff 2011

I also draw from folk stories, nursery rhymes, science magazines, and I'm very inspired by many visual artists and performers, such as Miranda July, Yayoi Kusama, Charles and Ray Eames, Kara Walker, and heaps more.

Mike Ragogna: Do You Feel Like We Do: Chats with Peter Frampton, Lenka, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, and William Fitzsimmons Mike Ragogna 2011

A glimpse into Yayoi Kusama's art, on view at the Tate Modern in London. related article

Yayoi Kusama at the Tate Modern 2012

I also draw from folk stories, nursery rhymes, science magazines, and I'm very inspired by many visual artists and performers, such as Miranda July, Yayoi Kusama, Charles and Ray Eames, Kara Walker, and heaps more.

Mike Ragogna: Do You Feel Like We Do: Chats with Peter Frampton, Lenka, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, and William Fitzsimmons Mike Ragogna 2011

I've also just come back from a trip to Tokyo where the polka dot reigns supreme it's probably down to the eccentric female doyennes of Japan, designer Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons or the artist Yayoi Kusama and they come as fascinating layers, mixed artfully with other prints.

Coming round to the idea of polka dots 2011