Akira Uno

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Akira Uno (宇野 亜喜良) also known as Aquirax Uno (born March 13, 1934), is a Japanese graphic artist, illustrator and painter. His work is characterized by fantasized portraiture, sensuous line flow, flamboyant (and occasionally grotesque) eroticism, and frequent use of collage and bright colors. Uno was prominently involved with the Japanese underground art of the 1960s–1970s, and is particularly notable for his collaborations with Shūji Terayama and his experimental theater Tenjō Sajiki. (c) Wikipedia