{"product_id":"kuniyoshi-japanese-master-of-imagined-worlds-9789004258303","title":"Kuniyoshi: Japanese Master of Imagined Worlds","description":"Enjoying a career spanning almost fifty years, from the 1810s to his death in 1861, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) was instrumental in establishing warrior prints as one of the major genres in the history of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). His most spectacular triptychs of warriors resonate even in contemporary culture, their influence reflected in modern graphic media such as manga. This publication demonstrates that Kuniyoshi's artistic genius also extended to the creation of striking prints in other genres: images of beautiful women and kabuki actors, ghosts, demons and monsters, anthropomorphic renditions of animals illustrating everyday life, as well as compositions replete with humour and often involving witty wordplay. Examples of Kuniyoshi's work also reveal the artist's dialogue with aspects of European pictorial traditions in his experimentation with shading and perspective. The selection of prints in \u003ci\u003eKuniyoshi: Japanese master of imagined worlds\u003c\/i\u003e includes representative pieces of the highest quality, a number of which are illustrated for the first time outside Japan. Descriptive texts accompany the 136 prints in the publication and these are introduced by an in-depth discussion of Kuniyoshi's life and his art. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIwakiri Yuriko is an independent scholar of Japanese woodblock prints, with a special interest in the iconography of warrior prints. She has published extensively as author and editor in this area and in other aspects of Edo- and Meiji-period prints, including the publications \u003ci\u003eUtagawa Kuniyoshi Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eKuniyoshi yōkai hyakkei\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eUkiyo-e dai musha-e ten\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eJapanese warrior prints (1646-1905)\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eYoshitoshi: Tsuki hyakushi\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and \u003ci\u003eBotsugo 150 nen Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten\/Kuniyoshi: spectacular ukiyo-e imagination\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmy Reigle Newland is an independent scholar of Japanese woodblock prints, working as an author and editor in that field, including the publications \u003ci\u003eBeauty \u0026amp; violence, Japanese prints by Yoshitoshi\u003c\/i\u003e (1839-1892) (1991), \u003ci\u003eThe new wave: twentieth century Japanese prints from the R.O. Muller collection\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eHeroes \u0026amp; ghosts: Japanese prints by Kuniyoshi\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003ci\u003eThe Hotei encyclopedia of Japanese woodblock prints (2005)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe beauty of silence: Japanese nō \u0026amp; nature prints by Tsukioka Kōgyo 1869-1927\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and \u003ci\u003eYoshitoshi: masterpieces from the Ed Fries collection\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brill Hotei","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50434245820690,"sku":"9789004258303","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11629183-c951-48b6-8d8f-3a978fd76a29.jpg?v=1729596299","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kuniyoshi-japanese-master-of-imagined-worlds-9789004258303","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}