Yokai (Weird Spectres, Demons and Beasts)

Ringo Yoshida

ISBN 10: 1917285272 / ISBN 13: 9781917285278

Published by Bonefyre Books, GB, 2024

About this Item

Seller Inventory # LU-9781917285278

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Yokai (Weird Spectres, Demons and Beasts)
• Publisher: Bonefyre Books, GB
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1917285272
• ISBN 13: 9781917285278
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 27.94W x 0.97H x 21.59D centimeters 27.94 centimeters width by 0.97 centimeters height by 21.59 centimeters depth
• Weight: 490 grams

About this title

Synopsis

UKIYO-E: "Pictures of the floating world." The floating world - a transient realm of pleasures, horrors, and dreams. Ukiyo-e, depictions of this shadowy projection of the human mind, formed the mainstay of Japanese paintings and woodblock prints produced between the 17th and 20th centuries.

YOKAI: "Ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; demon; monster; goblin." Taking this definition to include mystic visions and mythic or monstrous beasts, this book collects more than one hundred 19th century Japanese woodblock prints whose subject matter covers the entire spectrum of the supernatural and the outlandish. The selection of works is also limited to the triptych format, which gave ukiyo-e artists the freedom to express their phantasies as narratives in a kinetic, detailed image frame. The work of over twenty different artists is featured, spread over five different categories - kaiju ("strange beasts"), yurei ("ghosts"), oni ("demons"), juryoku ("mystic forces"), and yojutsu ("black magic"). The book also has a special section for yakusha-e, prints directly depicting supernatural scenes from the kabuki theatre. The artists featured include Yoshitoshi, Kuniyoshi, Kunichika and many others.

New revised edition.

About the Author

Ringo Yoshida was born and lives in Osaka, Japan. He is a long-term collector and historian of 19th century ukiyo-e woodblock prints, and editor of the popular SAMURAI GHOST WARS book series of classic ukiyo-e art.