Yoshitoshi's Strange Tales by John Stevenson

Yoshitoshi's Strange Tales by John Stevenson

Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) was the most popular woodblock artist of his day. This book presents two series that focus on his depictions of the weird and magical world of the transformed. It opens with an illustrated study of Japanese ghost prints and an analysis of Yoshitoshi's changing treatments of the genre.

After graduating from Oxford at the age of twenty, John Stevenson worked in the USA and Nigeria. He lived for twenty years in Asia and has written on several areas of Asian art. He is the author Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition; Irrawaddy: Benevolent River of Burma; Masami Teraoka: The Floating World Comes of Age; Japanese Kite Prints and a number of books on the work of Yoshitoshi, including Yoshitoshi's One Hundred Aspects of the Moon. He has served as acting curator of Chinese art at Seattle Art Museum, and now works in book production.

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ISBN 13	9789074822718
ISBN 10	9074822711
Titel	Yoshitoshi's Strange Tales
Autor	John Stevenson
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Brill
Erscheinungsjahr	2005-12-01
Seitenanzahl	160
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.