| Night Parade of Hell Creatures: Bizarre Demonic Art by Kyosai Contributor(s): Kyosai, Kawanabe, Hunter, Jack (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1840683090 ISBN-13: 9781840683097 Publisher: Creation Books OUR PRICE: $29.71 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2013 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Asian - General - Art | Techniques - Printmaking |
| Series: Ukiyo-E Masters |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.3" W x 10.9" (1.45 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-89) was only 6 years old when he joined the school of the great ukiyo-e master Utagawa Kuniyoshi, along with such fellow pupils as Yoshitoshi, who followed him in 1850. Later Kyosai studied traditional Japanese painting at the Kano school. As befits this varied apprenticeship, Kyosai would embrace many styles and methods during his artistic career. His eclectic approach may also be partly attributable to a legendary sake-drinking habit, which could account for the more bizarre extremes of his chosen subject matter -- in particular, weird demons and the bloody tortures of Hell. Kyosai can now be regarded as not only one of the last true ukiyo-e masters, but also as one of the first truly modernist painters of Japan. "Night Parade Of Hell Creatures," edited by Jack Hunter (who also edited the ground-breaking extreme ukiyo-e anthology "Dream Spectres"), collects and considers over 100 of Kyosai's most innovative, demented and bizarre images -- including multiple yokai, ghosts and demons -- presented in large-format and full-colour throughout. The Ukiyo-e Master Series: presenting seminal collections of art by the greatest print-designers and painters of Edo-period and Meiji-period Japan. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kyosai, Kawanabe: - Kawanabe Kyosai[ (1831--1889) was a Japanese artist, now regarded as one of Japan's greatest ever painters and print-makers.Hunter, Jack: - Jack Hunter is author and editor of over 20 previous books on cinema, including EROSâ ^INâ ^HELL and MOONCHILD, as well as the counter-culture classics FREAKâ ^BABYLON and CHAPELâ ^OFâ ^GORE ANDâ ^PSYCHOSIS. After the success of his ukiyo-e study DREAMâ ^SPECTRES (2010), he has mainly spent his time in Tokyo developing the Ukiyo-e Master Series. |