Yokai: The Ancient Prints of Japanese Monsters | Paolo Linetti
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Villa Reale in Monza and celebrating Japan’s unique print culture of monsters and ghouls during the Pax Tokugaw (Japan’s 300-year period of prosperity and peace from 1600 to 1900), this beautifully illustrated book takes us on a journey through 200 works by the most frightening Japanese artists of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Artists include : Yoshu Chikanobu, Katsushika Hokusai, Eisen Keisai, Utagawa Kunisada, Kawanabe Kyosai, Tsukioka Settei, Kitagawa Utamaro, Utagawa Yoshitora and Utagawa Yoshitoshi
Size: 240 x 300mm
Pages: 208 (100 colour illustrations)
Publisher: Skira
