Empire of the Senses

Hunter Jack

• Paperback | Engels | Ukiyo-E Master | nr. 12
• One of the most dominant strains of ukiyo-e -- "pictures of the floating world" -- in the early 19th century concerned itself with depictions of prost... Lees meer

Dream Spectres 2

• Paperback | Engels | Ukiyo-E Master | nr. 15
• UKIYO-E, the art of woodblock design and printing, enjoyed a symbiosis with the kabuki theatre almost from its inception in the late 17th century, wit... Lees meer

Samurai Ghost and Monster Wars

• Paperback | Engels | Ukiyo-E Master
• Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) is regarded as one of the true masters of ukiyo-e, the art of Edo-period Japan. Kuniyoshi produced thousands of prints a... Lees meer

Cruelty and Carnage

Hunter Jack

• Paperback | Engels | Ukiyo-E Master | nr. 6
• Muzan-e ("cruel pictures") and Chimidoro-e ("bloody pictures") together constitute a significant strand of ukiyo-e, the populist art of late Edo-perio... Lees meer

The Eye of Atrocity

• Paperback | Engels | Ukiyo-E Master
• Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, apprenticed to ukiyo-e master Kuniyoshi since his adolescence, was twenty years old when he first began to make sketches of sever... Lees meer

Night Parade of Hell Creatures

Jack Hunter

• Paperback | Engels | Ukiyo-E Master | nr. 7
• 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 ... Lees meer

Yokai

Ringo Yoshida

• Paperback | Engels | Ukiyo-E Master | nr. 16
• UKIYO-E: "Pictures of the floating world." The floating world - a transient realm of pleasures, horrors, and dreams. Ukiyo-e, depictions of this shado... Lees meer

Massacres in Manchuria

• Paperback | Engels | Ukiyo-E Master | nr. 13
• The first Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 was Japan's first modern war, and their first military action overseas for over 300 years. One notable result... Lees meer