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— Purple #43 S/S 2025
The Tokyo Diary Issue

minoru nomata

Minoru Nomata, a 69-year-old painter, is a singular, enigmatic Japanese artist living in the serene Setagaya neighborhood of Tokyo. His life’s work is dedicated to metaphysical painting, drawing inspiration from European masters like Giovanni Piranesi, Caspar David Friedrich, and Giorgio de Chirico, as well as Russian Constructivism and Soviet architecture. His primary forms — spheres, […]

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