The catalogues of Japanese pyrotechnist Jinta Hirayama — who founded The Hirayama Fireworks company in 1877 in Yokohama — are now available through the city’s public library. Click here to access the full archive. Simply select one of the titles at the bottom of the page and press “本体PDF画像” below an image to download. See more of the beautiful vintage illustrations below.
Tomorrow’s Talent 5 Book
This collection brings together work from 60+ artists and is also our biggest volume yet: 276 pages, and for the first time, in a larger format.
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2025 Illustration Awards Winners
Explore the work of our five winners, twenty shortlisted artists, and two hundred shortlisted images selected from thousands of entries worldwide.
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