Murakami Collectible Classics
By Vintage
Murakami Collectible Classics
By Vintage
Collectible gift editions, perfect for fans of one of popular culture’s most enduring and celebrated writers. Designed to be beautifully mesmerising and evocative of Murakami’s slice of Japan, each edition has been redesigned by a different Japanese artist, featuring a wraparound Obi (belly band), and all three have new introductions from Murakami himself.
After Dark: Murakami’s atmospheric masterpiece, now in a deluxe gift edition
Haruki Murakami
£20.00 £19.00About the cover artist: mio.matsumoto (After Dark) completed an MA at the Royal College of Art (RCA) and started her career in London. Currently based in Tokyo, she has been involved in many client works both in Japan and abroad. She specialises in stylish, simple expression and works in a variety of fields, including art, fashion, advertising and products.
Sputnik Sweetheart
Haruki Murakami
£20.00 £19.00About the cover artist: Hiroyuki Izutsu (Sputnik Sweetheart) is an illustrator based in Tokyo, Japan. He was born in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, near the sea. After graduating from high school, he studied animation and later became an illustrator. Although he mainly worked in advertising, he started working in the publishing world after drawing a bestselling book cover. His main motifs are people, landscapes and flowers. The painting materials are opaque watercolour, Adobe Fresco and Adobe Photoshop. He was invited onto the Global Artist Committee of Asian Art Association in August 2022 and is a lecturer at 'Illustration Aoyama Juku' in Tokyo as well as a part-time lecturer at Yokohama University of Art and Design.
A Wild Sheep Chase
Haruki Murakami
£20.00 £19.00About the cover artist: Tatsuro Kiuchi (A Wild Sheep Chase) was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1966. Originally majoring in Biology, he switched to an art career after graduating with distinction from ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. Tatsuro began illustrating children's books, eventually branching into editorial work for magazines, book jacket illustrations, and advertising commissions. Tatsuro’s first picture book, The Lotus Seed (text by Sherry Garland / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), has sold more than 200,000 copies worldwide. He has also worked with clients such as Royal Mail and Starbucks. He is the studio owner of Pen Still Writes, a member of the Tokyo Illustrators Society, and teaches illustration at Aoyama Juku. Tatsuro excels at conveying a sense of atmosphere and ideas in a visible form. He provides highly finished illustrations on a wide range of subjects while maintaining his unique worldview. He is a Shiba Inu lover!
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
£20.00 £19.00About the cover artist: Takeshi Miyasaka (Norwegian Wood) creates beautiful interpretations of everyday life in Japan. His illustrations are evocative of the work of Edward Hopper or Saul Leiter. Nostalgia was a key element of Norwegian Wood and the brief asked that the visual should evoke the sense of place, loneliness and reflection. Takeshi took care to create a scene where the shapes of the buildings look like a Japanese alley from the 60s.
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
£20.00 £19.00About the cover artist: Kyoko Nakamura (Kafka on the Shore) is known for her hyper-colourful, retro illustrations that combine traditional aspects of Japanese art and contemporary digital illustration with bright blocks of colour. Her ‘matchbox’ series formed the inspiration for the colourful and dream-like image on Kafka on the Shore.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami
£20.00 £19.00About the cover artist: Heisuke Kitazawa (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle) brought a multi-layered, dream like quality to the illustration for The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. Above the floating feathers is a packed landscape of houses, playful cats and a statuesque bird. find out