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 |
| Title | Yoshitoshi's Strange Tales |
| Author | John Stevenson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Year published | 2005-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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