Yayoi

[ yah-yoi ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to a cultural period in Japan, c300 b.c.–a.d. c300, characterized by unglazed reddish clay pottery Yayoi ware made on a wheel and noted for its restrained, undecorated style, haniwa figures, raised-floor dwellings, wet-rice agriculture, and the first use of bronze and iron.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Yayoi¹

From the Japanese word Yayoi site of a tumulus where the pottery was discovered in 1884

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Other Paul prompts included: “This couch eats people,” “A world without pants,” and “Santa Claus in the style of Yayoi Kusama.”

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I’m guessing it’s not a $3.5 million Yayoi Kusama painting or a $4.75 million David Hammons piece.

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The room, which has a dizzying effect, is reminiscent of Yayoi Kusama’s “Infinity Mirror Rooms” at the Broad but looks more like something out of Ant-Man’s quantum universe.

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In another room, sculptures based on eye-dazzler kaleidoscopes introduce mind-bending meditations on boundless eternity, both molecular and astronomical, natural and industrial, micro and macro, and in ways that Yayoi Kusama’s playful, loosely related mirrored infinity chambers never do.

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Many other artists have since been enlisted by Louis Vuitton as designers for hire, including Richard Prince, Jeff Koons, and Yayoi Kusama.

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