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Japan, the world's second-biggest economy, enjoying its longest expansion in six decades, has been left out of the current art market boom. For collectors, the message is: Buy now. Tokyo's overlooked galleries are attracting a new generation of young Japanese encouraged by skyrocketing overseas prices for established Japanese artists.

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contrast
March 16, 2007, 9:45 a.m.
Hmm I dunno in the North East Boston and NY there is an art boom. I am just not part of it hahaha. OH well my day will come. In any event if you can-go to the BMFA they have a GREAT collection for the admission of like 13 bucks.
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MntnWllm
March 16, 2007, 11:27 a.m.
The new museum in Boston does look like a great destination?
I'm very skeptical that anything Japanese is at a bargain level. When comparing apples to apples, at least. Having dealt with Japanese businessmen, even the very IDEA of "bargain" is very insulting, unacceptable - even repugnant, to them. Also, it's interesting how we can have a story like this in Art & Design - but have no fun visual stuff to look at? All the $ BS is business, not art?
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bonaroo
March 16, 2007, 4:13 p.m.
A couple of years ago I purhcased a few vintage Japanese woodblock prints at an estate sale of an Air Force Col. who had been stationed in Japan after the war. I know from doing research on the ones I bought that it makes a large difference in value between prints that were printed by the artist and reprints from the same wood blocks afterword. Many famous Japanese prints can still be printed, which in my opinion makes it hard for them to really appreciate.
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March 17, 2007, 1:58 a.m.
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