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
