Spooked by China art prices? Asians turn to Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) - Last November, a set of abstract gunpowder drawings by a Chinese artist fetched $9.5 million at an auction in Hong Kong. The top result for a painting by a Japanese artist at a Tokyo auction that same month: $140,000. Art prices around the world are going through the roof, driven by Chinese, Indian and Russian buyers. But Japan’s art market, like its economy, has been subdued, de

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ふむ、これはなかなか面白い。日本を除くアジア地域ではアート作品の売買が盛ん、日本のコレクターよ、育て！というところか。市場が貧弱だから日本の作品は相対的に値段も低いとされている。