Design (Japan), 027, 1961. Cover design by Ryuichi Yamashiro
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Ryuichi Yamashiro. Japanese Graphic Designer | 1920 – 1977

Ryuichi Yamashiro (山城隆)  was a Japanese graphic designer and artist, born in Osaka in 1920. He belonged to the same generation of pioneering Japanese designers as Kohei Sugiura, Kiyoshi Awazu, Yoshio Hayakawa, Yūsaku Kamekura, Kazumasa Nagai, and Ikko Tanaka.  

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