THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel visit Yayoi Kusama's famous artwork of a yellow pumpkin on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 12, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess couple are on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070***CORRECTION: Country***

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel visit Yayoi Kusama's famous artwork of a yellow pumpkin on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 12, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess couple are on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070***CORRECTION: Country***

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel visit Yayoi Kusama's famous artwork of a yellow pumpkin on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 12, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess couple are on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070***CORRECTION: Country***

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA

Prince Daniel, Crown Princess Victoria and Viktoria Li, Sweden's ambassador to Japan, visit Yayoi Kusama's famous artwork of a yellow pumpkin on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 12, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess couple are on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel visit Yayoi Kusama's famous artwork of a yellow pumpkin on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 12, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess couple are on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070***CORRECTION: Country***

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel visit Yayoi Kusama's famous artwork of a yellow pumpkin on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 12, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess couple are on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel visit Yayoi Kusama's famous artwork of a yellow pumpkin on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 12, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess couple are on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel visit Yayoi Kusama's famous artwork of a yellow pumpkin on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 12, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess couple are on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel visit Yayoi Kusama's famous artwork of a yellow pumpkin on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 12, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess couple are on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel visit Yayoi Kusama's famous artwork of a yellow pumpkin on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 12, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess couple are on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

THE CROWN PRINCESS COUPLE ON NAOSHIMA ISLAND

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel visit Yayoi Kusama's famous artwork of a yellow pumpkin on Naoshima Island in Japan, October 12, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess couple are on an official visit to Japan from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / Code 10070

Illustration - Paris

Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (14TH DISTRICT) AT THE BEGINNING OF 2023, THE LUXURY BRAND LOUIS VUITTON IS UNDERTAKING AN IMPORTANT COLLABORATION WITH YAYOI KUSAMA, HIGHLIGHTING THE JAPANESE ARTIST'S COLORFUL AND EMBLEMATIC POLKA DOTS IN ITS COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN. (HERE ON THIS BILLBOARD, BOULEVARD RASPAIL) Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's giant installation house is seen at the North Bund Riverside in Shanghai, China, November 13, 2024.

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's giant installation house is seen at the North Bund Riverside in Shanghai, China, November 13, 2024.

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's giant installation house is seen at the North Bund Riverside in Shanghai, China, November 13, 2024.

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's giant installation house is seen at the North Bund Riverside in Shanghai, China, November 13, 2024.

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's giant installation house is seen at the North Bund Riverside in Shanghai, China, November 13, 2024.

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's giant installation house is seen at the North Bund Riverside in Shanghai, China, November 13, 2024.

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's giant installation house is seen at the North Bund Riverside in Shanghai, China, November 13, 2024.

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's Giant Installation House in Shanghai

Yayoi Kusama's giant installation house is seen at the North Bund Riverside in Shanghai, China, November 13, 2024.

The Paris Art Basel 2024 Free Public Program

The Paris Art Basel 2024 Free Public Program

Avenue Winston Churchill : "Pumpkin"By Yayoi Kusama. For the 2024 edition of Art Basel Paris, a “Hors les murs” public program, free and open to all, took over Paris, the French capital. Paris, France on October 17, 2024. Photo by Prezat Denis/ABACAPRESS.COM

The Paris Art Basel 2024 Free Public Program

The Paris Art Basel 2024 Free Public Program

Avenue Winston Churchill : "Pumpkin"By Yayoi Kusama. For the 2024 edition of Art Basel Paris, a “Hors les murs” public program, free and open to all, took over Paris, the French capital. Paris, France on October 17, 2024. Photo by Prezat Denis/ABACAPRESS.COM

Art installation by Yayoi Kusama on display in Houston, U.S.

STORY: Art installation by Yayoi Kusama on display in Houston, U.S. DATELINE: June 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the art structure STORYLINE: The art installation "Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity" created by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is on display in Houston, U.S. This room-sized installation is an immersive work of art that accommodates one to three individuals for about one minute. It consists of a mirror-lined chamber with LED lights that cycle on and off, and a moment of total darkness. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Houston, U.S. (XHTV)

U.S.-HOUSTON-YAYOI KUSAMA-EXHIBITION

U.S.-HOUSTON-YAYOI KUSAMA-EXHIBITION

(230531) -- HOUSTON (U.S.), May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yayoi Kusama's Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity is exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, the United States, on May 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Jianmei)

U.S.-HOUSTON-YAYOI KUSAMA-EXHIBITION

U.S.-HOUSTON-YAYOI KUSAMA-EXHIBITION

(230531) -- HOUSTON (U.S.), May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yayoi Kusama's Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity is exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, the United States, on May 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Jianmei)

U.S.-HOUSTON-YAYOI KUSAMA-EXHIBITION

U.S.-HOUSTON-YAYOI KUSAMA-EXHIBITION

(230531) -- HOUSTON (U.S.), May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yayoi Kusama's Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity is exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, the United States, on May 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Jianmei)

Stone-coffin grave from Yayoi period found in Nagasaki Pref.

Stone-coffin grave from Yayoi period found in Nagasaki Pref.

NAGASAKI, Japan - The Nagasaki prefectural board of education shows on Feb. 4, 2014 a stone-coffin grave from around the second century during the latter Yayoi period that was found in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture. The box-shaped coffin, discovered at the Takematsu ruins in the southwestern Japan city, has traces of being colored with red pigment.

Fukushima woman urges U.S. to help end Japan's use of nuke power

Fukushima woman urges U.S. to help end Japan's use of nuke power

NEW YORK, United States - Yayoi Hitomi (2nd from L), representing the Japanese grassroots group "Fukushima Action Project," speaks at a gathering in New York on Jan. 29, 2014, calling on U.S. citizens to join her compatriots in demanding the Japanese government abandon the use of nuclear power following the March 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Emperor, empress visit National Museum of Japanese History

Emperor, empress visit National Museum of Japanese History

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the National Museum of Japanese History in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 22 to view a special exhibition of artifacts from the Yayoi Period. (Pool photo)

Large pillar from Yayoi era at Karako-Kagi site shown for 1st time

Large pillar from Yayoi era at Karako-Kagi site shown for 1st time

NARA, Japan - A woman on Oct. 24, 2014, points at a reconstructed model of a building from the Yayoi period (about 300 BC - AD 300) to show part of a large pillar excavated at the Karako-Kagi site in the town of Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture in western Japan. The first public exhibition of the pillar, one of the largest found from that era, began on Oct. 25.

Exhibition on Yayoi culture in Chiba Pref.

Exhibition on Yayoi culture in Chiba Pref.

CHIBA, Japan - A woman wears a garment of the Yayoi period at the try-on section of the exhibition "What is Yayoi Culture?" at the National Museum of Japanese History in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, on July 14, 2014. The exhibition runs from July 15 to Sept. 15.

Poet Miyazawa's violin played by relative in Kyoto

Poet Miyazawa's violin played by relative in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Kaho Miyazawa (C) plays the violin that belonged to famed poet and children's book author Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) during a concert at the Kyoto HBS Museum in Kyoto, western Japan, on Feb. 15, 2014. Her mother Yayoi (L) played the piano accompaniment while her father Kazuki introduced the pieces performed. Kaho is great-granddaughter of Kenji Miyazawa's brother Seiroku.

Hot spa hotel's guestroom designed by artist Kusama

Hot spa hotel's guestroom designed by artist Kusama

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Takaraso Hotel in the Dogo Onsen hot spring resort in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, displays a guest room designed by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama on Dec. 20, 2013.

Avant-garde artist Kusama, PM Abe

Avant-garde artist Kusama, PM Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) holds a teapot designed by renowned Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama (C) after receiving it, tea cups and saucers as a present from Kusama at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2013.

Avant-garde artist Kusama, PM Abe

Avant-garde artist Kusama, PM Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2013.

Nara researcher finds oldest weights in Japan

Nara researcher finds oldest weights in Japan

NARA, Japan - Photo taken June 14, 2013 shows Susumu Morimoto, an archeologist and researcher at the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties in Nara City, who has discovered that what had been believed to be grinding stones from the first half of the Yayoi period, about 2,400 years ago, were actually weights for scales.

Japan women's freestyle relay team advance to finals

Japan women's freestyle relay team advance to finals

LONDON, Britain - (From L to R) Japan's team of Haruka Ueda, Yayoi Matsumoto, Miki Uchida, and (bottom) Hanae Ito acknowledge the cheering crowd after making the 4x100 women's freestyle relay final at the London Olympics Aquatic Centre on July 28, 2012.

Japanese avant-garde artist Kusama

Japanese avant-garde artist Kusama

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 22, 2012, shows renowned Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama (in wheel chair) and her latest works, Yayoi-chan, a 10-meter-tall balloon girl, and Ring-Ring, a 4-meter-tall balloon dog, both decorated with her signature motif polka dots, in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.

Japanese avant-garde artist Kusama

Japanese avant-garde artist Kusama

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama gives a speech in front of one of her latest works, Yayoi-chan, a 10-meter-tall balloon girl wearing a dress with polka dots, her signature motif, in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, on March 22, 2012.

Japanese avant-garde artist Kusama

Japanese avant-garde artist Kusama

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 22, 2012, shows renowned Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.

Japanese avant-garde artist Kusama

Japanese avant-garde artist Kusama

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 22, 2012, shows renowned Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.

Death penalty for murder

Death penalty for murder

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows flowers and other items placed at the door of an apartment in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where Yayoi Motomura, 23, and her 11-month-old daughter Yuka were murdered by Takayuki Otsuki, then 18, in 1999. The Supreme Court on the day upheld a lower court sentence of capital punishment for Otsuki.

Avant-garde artist Kusama's exhibition in London

Avant-garde artist Kusama's exhibition in London

LONDON, United Kingdom - Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama (L front) is pictured in front of her works at the Tate Modern art gallery in London on Feb. 7, 2012. Her exhibition will be held there from Feb. 9 through June 5.

Gundam Cafe to open in Tokyo's Akihabara

Gundam Cafe to open in Tokyo's Akihabara

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's pop idols Yayoi Shikatani (R) and Leilani Gaja clad in uniforms of characters from ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' pose at the ''Gundam Cafe'' in Tokyo's Akihabara district during a press event April 22, 2010. The world's first theme restaurant of the classic sci-fi animation series will open on April 24.

Hirayama's unfinished work unveiled

Hirayama's unfinished work unveiled

KAMAKURA, Japan - Michiko Hirayama (L), wife of the late Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama, and their daughter Yayoi unveil flower paintings drawn by Hirayama at his atelier in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2010. Hirayama, who is best known for his works themed on the Silk Road and Buddhism, passed away on Dec. 2, 2009.

Hirayama's unfinished work unveiled

Hirayama's unfinished work unveiled

KAMAKURA, Japan - Michiko Hirayama (L), wife of the late Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama, and their daughter Yayoi unveil Hirayama's unfinished work at his atelier in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2010. Hirayama, whose photo is being held by Michiko, passed away Dec. 2, 2009, and had been working on the painting from last July to September from his hospital bed.

Museum curator breaks 2,200-year-old glass accessory

Museum curator breaks 2,200-year-old glass accessory

OTSU, Japan - This photo shows a broken antique glass accessory estimated to be 2,200 years old, with pieces of fractured glass (front). A museum curator accidentally dropped and broke the item, designated by the government as an important cultural asset and believed to date back to the mid-Yayoi period.

KDDI unveils new mobile phone brand in tie-up with designers

KDDI unveils new mobile phone brand in tie-up with designers

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows one of the new mobile phones KDDI Corp. rolled out on April 7 under its new ''iida'' brand name. The handbag-shaped handset is one of three hand-painted models designed by internationally renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, featuring patterns of her brightly colored polka dot motif. The handset is expected to hit the market this summer for over 40,000 yen.

Japan's oldest boat-shaped wooden coffin excavated in Nagoya

Japan's oldest boat-shaped wooden coffin excavated in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 21 shows part of what is believed to be Japan's oldest boat-shaped coffin which was excavated in the Hiratecho ruins in Nagoya's Kita Ward. The city's Board of Education said the coffin is believed to be made some 2,000 years ago, or in the latter period of the mid-Yayoi Era. The 2.8-meter-long, 80-centimeter-wide ''boat'' is placed with its bow facing northwest. Hisao Suzuki, who heads the board's cultural assets conservation section, said it is presumed that the bow faced the sunset as ancient people thought the coffin was a vehicle to take the deceased person to the afterlife.

Man, in retrial, given death for murders committed at age 18

Man, in retrial, given death for murders committed at age 18

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura, the husband of Yayoi, who was killed along with her 11-month-old daughter and raped afterward by a man who was then 18, speaks at a news conference in Hiroshima on April 22 after the Hiroshima High Court, in a retrial ordered by the Supreme Court, reversed itself and sentenced the defendant to death. The high court had earlier given him life imprisonment.