Mining the Past for New Gold: Artist Yamaguchi Akira

"Tokei (Tokyo): Roppongi Hills" / 2002 / pen, watercolor on paper / 40×63cm / photo: Kioku Keizo / Collection of Mori Art Museum / © Yamaguci Akira, Courtesy Mizuma Art Gallery

"Bridge Leading to Daishi (cross-sectional diagram)" / 1992 / pen on paper / each 65 x 50cm / © Yamaguchi Akira, Courtesy Mizuma Art Gallery

“Department Store: Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi” / 2004 / pen, watercolor on paper / 59.4 x 84.1 cm / Collection of Isetan Mitsukoshi Ltd. / © Yamaguchi Akira, Courtesy Mizuma Art Gallery

"Postmodern Silly Battle" / 1999 / oil on canvas / 97ｘ324ｃｍ / photo: Miyazima Kei / Collection of Takahashi Collection / © Yamaguchi Akira, Courtesy Mizuma Art Gallery

"Tokio Shan shui" / Tokyo Landscapes 2012 (detail) / 2012 / Japanese ink on canvas / a pair of four-panel folding screens / © Nacása & Partners Inc. / Courtesy of Fondation d’entreprise Hermès / © Yamaguchi Akira, Courtesy Mizuma Art Gallery