Yasunao Tone

Yasunao Tone (1935–2023) was a Japanese multidisciplinary artist born in Tokyo who worked in New York City for much of his career. After graduating from Chiba University in 1957 with a major in Japanese Literature, he became an important figure in postwar Japanese art during the 1960s — a central member of Group Ongaku, one of the earliest collective explorations of free improvisation and noise in Japan.

He was also associated with Neo-Dada Organizers, Hi-Red Center, and Team Random (the first computer art group organized in Japan), and was a member of Fluxus.