Samurai Ghost and Monster Wars Supernatural Art by Kuniyoshi

ARTIST. Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

PAGES:128.

Softcover.
CONTENTS Colour illustrations

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) is considered one of the true masters of ukiyo-e, the art of Japan's Edo period. Kuniyoshi produced thousands of prints and designs during his lifetime, but is perhaps best known for his musha-e ("warrior prints"), with which he came to prominence in 1830. Kuniyoshi's 108 Heroes Of The Suikoden series of that year was revolutionary in its dynamics, colour and visual violence, epitomising the delirious, almost proto-psychedelic style with which the artist would recreate archetypal figures - both human and demonic - of Japanese myth for decades to come. SAMURAI GHOST AND MONSTER WARS, edited by Jack Hunter (who also edited the groundbreaking extreme ukiyo-e anthology "Dream Spectres"), collects and considers 100 of Kuniyoshi's most vivid and complex images of warriors, spectres, demons and monstrous beasts, presented in large format and in full colour throughout. The first in a dynamic new series presenting the avant-garde of 19th century Japanese art.