Author: SCHAAP, ROBERT; NEWLAND, AMY REIGLE (INTRODUCTION); ESSAYS BY CLARK, TIMOTHT T., FORRER, MATTHI AND SHIN'ICHI, INAGAKI
Title: Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi, 1797-1861
Description: Hotei Publishing, Leiden. 1998, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 907482210X). Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 29.5 x 29.5 cm; 2.4 kg; 280 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear on the dust jacket, which shows edge wear and a few wear marks on the front cover, spine and back cover. Signs of wear on the interior, namely a previous owner name, date and location written with a pen on the front free endpaper.; Exhibition catalogue. The works in the exhibition have been principally selected from the collections of members from the Society for Japanese Arts, held at Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 30 January to 5 April 1998 and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, deer, from 24 April to 28 June 1998.; Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) is considered one of the greatest Japanese print artists. He dominated the 19th century alongside the illustrious names of Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kunisada. A prolific and multi-talented artist, Kuniyoshi portrayed the historic heroes of Japan's warrior past. With mythical ghosts and demons haunting his designs these heroes constitute the most important part of his oeuvre. At the same time he transformed the genre of landscape prints by incorporating Western painting conventions. Kuniyoshi's sense of humour surfaces in his prints of comical or satyrical subjects (gigo-e). Cats appear as silent observers of scenes of everyday life. In his more traditional rendering of beauties and actors his strong and transparent style always shines through. By using over three hundred examples from public and private collections throughout the world, the author has managed to produce the most comprehensive overview of the artist's abilities in a Western language. The book contains detailed descriptions of Kuniyoshi's prints as well as essays by Amy Newland, Tim Clark, Matthi Forrer and Inagaki Shin'ichi. This publication has been produced on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Society for Japanese Arts. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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