Dream Spectres : Extreme Ukiyo-E: Sex, Blood and the Supernatural, Japanese art

by Jack Hunter

$50 · Offered by eBay

Dream Spectres : Extreme Ukiyo-E: Sex, Blood and the Supernatural Shinbaku Books, 2010. Very good paperbound wraps; 128 pages. "UKIYO-E images from the floating world were the most popular art-form of 19th century Japan. Like modern-day manga, these prints could be mass-produced and were admired by people from all sectors of society; and as in manga, the art of ukiyo-e included significant sub-genres dealing in violence. erotica and horror. With unflinching images of weird sex, bloody carnage and grotesque, demonic ghosts, DREAM SPECTRES is a powerful collection of the extremes of ukiyo-e, featuring the work of such artists as Yoshitoshi, Ekin, Kunichika, Yoshiiku, Kunisada, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi, Yoshitsuya, Hiroshige, and Chikanobu. DREAM SPECTRES features over 250 amazing full-colour images, including the complete Eimei Nijuhasshuku ( 28 Blood Atrocities ) of Yoshitoshi and Yoshiiku, and ranging in content from bondage ... to decapitations, demons, dragons and designs for classic irezumi (body tattoos).

• Publisher: Scb Distributors
• Year: 2015
• ISBN: 9781840683011
• Condition: Very Good

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