Here and below are some of the Japanese avant-garde designers, photographed for T over the course of a few months, who have ...

Contrary to the simple compositions and banal lyrics of rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll bands ... Japanese instruments. They arranged onstage happenings and shocked the public with their hippie way ...

Avant-garde pianist and composer Toshi Ichiyanagi ... incorporating not only traditional Japanese elements and instruments but also electronic music. He was known for collaborations that defied ...